Amendment104th Congress
Amendment, as modified pursuant to the rule, limits the maximum award of noneconomic damages in health care liability actions to $250,000.
- Amendment Number
- 288
- Description
- Amendment, as modified pursuant to the rule, limits the maximum award of noneconomic damages in health care liability actions to $250,000.
- Purpose
- An amendment to cap awards for noneconomic damages (such as "pain and suffering" or "emotional distress") at $250,000 for all civil cases. It does not preempt or supersede any law that further limits such awards.
- Congress
- 104
- Type
- HAMDT
- Latest Action Date
- Mar 9, 1995
- Latest Action Text
- On agreeing to the Cox amendment (A012) Agreed to by recorded vote: 247 - 171 (Roll no. 226).
- Latest Action Time
- 20:58:31
- Submitted Date
- Mar 9, 1995
- Chamber
- House of Representatives
- Update Date
- Aug 15, 2021