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Damage Cap Provisions in Wrongful Death Cases
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Damage Cap Provisions in Wrongful Death Cases
Posted by: Damon Davis
February 02, 2010
Topic: Wrongful Death
Damage Cap Provisions in Wrongful Death Cases
The State of Colorado is well known for its damage cap provisions. Colorado has some of the strictest damage cap provisions of any state, including its sister states in the Western U.S. I am not opposed to reasonable damage cap provisions in principle. Reasonable caps on damages help by placing a limit on that which is inherently difficult to define. However, one damage cap provision in Colorado is particularly draconian, and should be amended by the legislature. The provision that I am referring to is the limitation on non-economic damages in wrongful death cases.
