Noneconomic Damages Limit: S.B. 239 (2015)
Replaces English common law causes of action for medical malpractice
Replaces English common law causes of action for medical malpractice claims with statutory causes of action, and provides for limits on noneconomic damages for those statutory causes of action. Limits noneconomic damages to $400,000, and $700,000 in catastrophic cases. It also places a limit of $700,000 in wrongful death cases.
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