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Sponsor Statement for SB 331
District Court Jurisdictional Amount

An Act relating to the jurisdiction of district courts.

Senate Bill 331 addresses and clarifies the current statute relating to civil awards in district court cases. Current statute is unclear regarding the monetary limit in a civil case where there are multiple defendants. As a result, the only way to get around this uncertainty is if plaintiffs file multiple suits in district court to allow for an award in excess of $50,000. Such a course of action would be expensive for the plaintiff and grossly inefficient for the court.

Senate Bill 331 proposes to address this problem by clearly stating that the $50,000 limit is per defendant. This action would also ensure that residents in certain rural settings would not be required to travel to Superior Court venues in urban areas just to get access to moderate award limits.

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