SB 6841 - DIGEST

     Provides that neither the state nor its agencies, institutions, officers, employees, or volunteers are liable to pay a claim or a judgment by any one person that exceeds the sum of one million dollars or any claim or judgment, or portions thereof, that, when totaled with all other claims or judgments paid by the state or its agencies, institutions, officers, employees, or volunteers arising out of the same incident or occurrence, exceeds the sum of two million dollars.

     Declares that the liability of the state, its agencies, and institutions is several only and is not joint.

     Declares that no attorney may charge, demand, receive, or collect, for services rendered, fees in excess of twenty-five percent of any judgment or settlement under this act.