Civil Actions - Motor Vehicle Accidents Involving Vulnerable Individuals - Comparative Negligence
Referred to interim study by Judiciary (House)
Summary
HB 466 changes Maryland’s rules for civil lawsuits after a motor‑vehicle crash involving a vulnerable person (like a child or elderly). It stops a plaintiff’s claim from being completely barred just because they were partly at fault, unless their negligence caused the injury and is greater than the combined negligence of all drivers. Any award is then reduced in proportion to the plaintiff’s share of fault.
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- Judiciary — Bill HearingJudiciary · Feb 11, 2026
History
- Referred to interim study by Judiciary
- Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m.
- First Reading Judiciary
Sponsors
- Embry · sponsor
- Bagnall
- Boyce
- Fair
- Feldmark
- Kaufman
- Lewis
- Moreno
- Palakovich Carr
- Simmons
- Stinnett
- Terrasa
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