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Non Economic Damages
(redirected from Pain and Suffering Award)

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Non Economic Damages
A money sum intended to compensate an injured party or its estate for injuries and losses that are not easily quantified, which covers the family of victims who have died due to medical or other negligence, or severely injured victims


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Such damages may include medical bills, lost wages, and a pain and suffering award.
In 2003, Texas passed Proposition 12, a landmark tort reform law capping pain and suffering awards in medical malpractice cases.
They duked it out last November over Ballot Measure 35, a constitutional amendment supported by the health care and insurance industries that would have limited pain and suffering awards in malpractice trials to $500,000.
 
 
 
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