HLS 20RS-568 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 628
BY REPRESENTATIVE SEABAUGH AND SENATOR ROB ERT MILLS
CIVIL/DAMAGES: Provides relative to $500,000 limitation on general damages
1 AN ACT
2To enact Civil Code Article 2315(C), relative to damages; to provide for a limitation on
3 general damages; to define general damages; and to provide for related matters.
4Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. Civil Code Article 2315(C) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
6 Art. 2315. Liability for acts causing damages
7 * * *
8 C.(1) The total amount recoverable for general damages exclusive of
9 economic or special damages shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars plus
10 interest and costs.
11 (2) In this Paragraph, "general damages" are defined as damages that may
12 not be fixed with any degree of pecuniary exactitude or measured definitely in terms
13 of money and which include mental or physical pain or suffering, inconvenience, the
14 loss of gratification of intellectual or physical enjoyment, or other losses of life or
15 lifestyle.
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are additions. HLS 20RS-568 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 628
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
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))
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