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Amend the bill in section 1 in subsection (b) in the 13th line (page 1, line 16 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "$600,000" and inserting the following: '$500,000'
Amend the bill in section 1 in subsection (b) by striking out all of the last 2 underlined sentences (page 1, lines 24 to 29 in L.D.)
 
SUMMARY
This amendment sets the cap on noneconomic damages for wrongful death at $500,000, a reduction of $100,000 from the cap contained in the bill.
This amendment deletes the proposed language relating to indexing the cap on wrongful death damages and informing the jury of the damage cap.