6508-S.E2 AMH .... ADAM 134

2ESSB 6508 - H AMD TO WAYS COMM AMD (H-5513.1/10) 1464

By Representative Alexander

NOT ADOPTED 3/04/2010

    On page 2, after line 2 of the striking amendment, insert the following:

    "(3) In an action under RCW 4.20.010 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, a claimant may not recover a judgment in excess of two hundred fifty thousand dollars for noneconomic damages as defined in RCW 4.56.250(1)(a)."

    On page 2, after line 36 of the striking amendment, insert the following:

    "(5) In an action under this section 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, a claimant may not recover a judgment in excess of two hundred fifty thousand dollars for noneconomic damages as defined in RCW 4.56.250(1)(a)."

    On page 4, line 8 of the striking amendment, after "death" insert ".

(5) In an action under this section 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, a claimant may not recover a judgment in excess of two hundred fifty thousand dollars for noneconomic damages as defined in RCW 4.56.250(1)(a)"

    On page 5, after line 12 of the striking amendment, insert the following:

    "(6) In an action under this section 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, a claimant may not recover a judgment in excess of two hundred fifty thousand dollars for noneconomic damages as defined in RCW 4.56.250(1)(a)."

EFFECT:   In claims against the state and local governments that are based on a parent's significant involvement in an adult child's life, noneconomic damages are capped at $250,000.  (Noneconomic 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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