The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Title 12 : Court Procedure
Chapter 221 : Legally Protected Health Care Activity
(Cite as: 12 V.S.A. § 7303)-
§ 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.)
