General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5521
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 1282
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. SHABAN, 135th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5521
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 1282
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. SHABAN, 135th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE AWARD OF NONECONOMIC DAMAGES IN MEDICAL MALPRACTICE ACTIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That section 52-572h of the general statutes be amended to limit recovery of noneconomic damages resulting from personal injury or wrongful death, whether in tort or in contract, when it is alleged that such injury or death resulted from the professional negligence of a health care provider or health care institution, or both, in the medical diagnosis, care or treatment of the claimant, to not more than (1) three hundred thousand dollars for each health care provider per event, (2) three hundred thousand dollars for each health care institution per event, and (3) eight hundred thousand dollars overall for each event.
Statement of Purpose:
To limit noneconomic damages awards in medical malpractice cases.