HB2105: Civil actions; standards governing consolidation and transfer, allocation of attorney fees.

Legislative Summary

Civil actions; standards governing consolidation and transfer; allocation of attorney fees. Specifies that, in a combined civil action, the court may allocate attorney fees to separate issues into common questions that require treatment on a consolidated basis and individual cases that do not. Current law allows the court to allocate fees but does not specify attorney fees. The bill contains technical amendments.