6508-S.E2 AMH .... ADAM 133

2ESSB 6508 - H AMD TO WAYS COMM AMD (H-5513.1/10) 1472

By Representative Ross

NOT ADOPTED 3/04/2010

    On page 1, line 22 of the striking amendment, after "just" insert ", except that in an action against the state or a political subdivision of the state that is based on a parent's significant involvement in an adult child's life, the claimant may recover only economic damages and may not recover noneconomic damages"

    On page 2, line 18 of the striking amendment, after "case" insert ", except that in an action against the state or a political subdivision of the state that is based on a parent's significant involvement in an adult child's life, the personal representative is not entitled to recover the decedent's noneconomic damages on behalf of the specified beneficiaries"

    On page 3, line 37 of the striking amendment, after "case" insert ", except that in an action against the state or a political subdivision of the state that is based on a parent's significant involvement in the decedent's life, the personal representative is not entitled to recover the decedent's noneconomic damages on behalf of the specified beneficiaries"

EFFECT:  Provides that in actions against the state or its political subdivisions that are based on a parent's significant involvement in a child's life, the beneficiaries are not entitled to recover non-economic damages. (Non-economic damages are defined in law as subjective, non-monetary losses, including but not limited to specified losses such as pain, suffering, loss of consortium, etc.) 

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