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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 668.3, Code 1995, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  1A.  In an action brought under this
  1  4 chapter, a plaintiff shall not receive an award for
  1  5 noneconomic damages of more than two hundred fifty thousand
  1  6 dollars.
  1  7    Sec. 2.  Section 668.3, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code
  1  8 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  1  9    a.  The amount of damages each claimant will be entitled to
  1 10 recover if contributory fault is disregarded.  In making the
  1 11 findings required by this paragraph, a claimant shall not be
  1 12 entitled to receive noneconomic damages of more than two
  1 13 hundred fifty thousand dollars.  
  1 14                           EXPLANATION
  1 15    This bill establishes a limit of $250,000 on noneconomic
  1 16 damages which may be awarded a party in a tort action.  
  1 17 LSB 1385HH 76
  1 18 mk/cf/24
     

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