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HB 628 Original 2020 Regular Session Seabaugh
Abstract: Creates a $500,000 limitation for general damages in civil suits.
Present law provides that every act of a person that causes damages obliges that person who is at
fault to repair it.
Present law provides that damages may include loss of consortium, service, and society, but does not
include such costs as future medical treatment.
Proposed law provides for a $500,000 limitation for general damages, excluding special or economic
damages, in civil suits.
Proposed law defines "general damages."
(Adds C.C. 2315(C))