Vermont Statutes Title 12 Sec. 7303
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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 12 Sec. 7303
- Abusive litigation: means litigation or other legal action to deter, prevent, sanction, or punish any person engaging in legally protected health care activity by:
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
§ 7303. Foreign judgments
(a) In any action filed to enforce a foreign judgment issued in connection with abusive litigation concerning legally protected health care activity, the court shall not give any force or effect to any judgment issued without jurisdiction or due process or to any judgment that is penal in nature.
(b) Foreign judgments issued in connection with abusive litigation concerning legally protected health care activity shall be brought by filing a new and independent action on the judgment within five years after the rendition of the judgment, and not after. (Added 2023, No. 14, § 3, eff. May 10, 2023.)