General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 452
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 1381
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
SEN. BOUCHER, 26th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 452
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 1381
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
SEN. BOUCHER, 26th Dist.
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CAP ON THE AWARD OF NONECONOMIC DAMAGES IN MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CLAIMS.
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 two hundred fifty thousand dollars in the aggregate.
Statement of Purpose:
To limit the award of noneconomic damages in medical malpractice claims.