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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 624.18, Code 1997, is amended to read 1 2 as follows: 1 3 624.18DISTINCTION BETWEEN DEBT ANDDESIGNATION AND 1 4 CALCULATION OF DAMAGES. 1 5 1. In all actions where the plaintiff recovers a sum of 1 6 money, the amount to which the plaintiff is entitled may be 1 7 awarded the plaintiff by the judgment generally, without any 1 8 distinction being therein made as to whether such sum is 1 9 recovered by way of debt or damages. 1 10 2. In all personal injury actions where the plaintiff 1 11 recovers a sum of money that, according to special verdict, is 1 12 intended, in whole or in part, to address the future damages 1 13 of the plaintiff, that portion of the judgment that reflects 1 14 the future damages shall be adjusted by the court to reflect 1 15 the present value of the sum, if the finder of fact has not 1 16 already adjusted the sum to reflect the present value. The 1 17 court may inquire of the jury whether the calculation of 1 18 future damages reflects adjustment for present value. 1 19 Sec. 2. Section 668.3, subsection 8, Code 1997, is amended 1 20 to read as follows: 1 21 8. In an action brought pursuant to this chapter the court 1 22 shall instruct the jury to answer special interrogatories or, 1 23 if there is no jury, shall make findings on each specific item 1 24 of requested or awarded damages indicating that portion of the 1 25 judgment or decree awarded for past damages and that portion 1 26 of the judgment or decree awarded for future damages. All 1 27 awards of future damages shall be calculated according to the 1 28 method set forth in section 624.18. 1 29 EXPLANATION 1 30 This bill amends Code sections 624.18 and 668.3 to specify 1 31 that calculations of future damages awarded in personal injury 1 32 actions must be adjusted to reflect present value. 1 33 LSB 2408SC 77 1 34 tm/sc/14
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