SENATE BILL 212

44TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 1999

INTRODUCED BY

Rod Adair

AN ACT

RELATING TO CIVIL DAMAGES; PROVIDING A LIMITATION ON THE AMOUNT OF PUNITIVE DAMAGES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. LIMITATION ON THE AMOUNT OF PUNITIVE DAMAGES IN CIVIL ACTIONS.--An award of punitive damages in a civil action shall not exceed three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) except in cases of bodily injury that require long-term care and result in permanent or prolonged impairment of the use of any member or organ of the body.

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