Sec. 1. 24-A MRSA §14 is enacted to read:

§14.__Liability insurance carrier of potential defendant required

to provide claimant with limitations of liability; penalty

1.__Liability insurance carrier to provide claimant with limitations of liability.__In a case in which a personal injury claimant has served a notice of claim against a potential defendant pursuant to Title 14, section 1602, subsection 1, the liability insurance carrier for the potential defendant shall provide the claimant or the claimant's agent, no later than 14 days after receipt of a written request by the claimant or the claimant's agent, with the limitations of liability in existence in the insurance agreement it has with the potential defendant.

2.__Penalty.__If an insurance carrier that conducts business in this State fails to comply with the provisions of this section, the claimant or the claimant's agent may enforce this section by motion in a court of competent jurisdiction and may recover the claimant's reasonable attorney's fees and costs.__In addition, the insurance carrier is liable for a civil penalty of $100 for each day it fails to comply with this section.

SUMMARY

This bill requires a liability insurance carrier of a potential defendant to provide a claimant with the limitations of liability in the insurance agreement that the carrier has with the potential defendant and imposes a civil penalty of $100 a day for each day an insurance carrier fails to provide the required information.