State medical-malpractice damage caps
Most medical-liability law is state law. This table summarizes each state's limits on damages in medical-malpractice cases, with the statute cited. Amounts change often (many are indexed to inflation), so check the statute or a lawyer before relying on any figure.
| State | Current limit | Notes / history | Statute | Category |
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Amounts and citations: Medical Professional Liability Association (an insurer trade association), "State Enactments of Selected Medical Liability Reforms," as of 8/27/2026. Cross-checked against the Center for Justice & Democracy (a patient-advocacy group), "Caps on Compensatory Damages: A State Law Summary," Sept. 2025. The two sources broadly agree: about 24 states cap non-economic damages and about 6 cap total damages. Punitive-damages caps are not included. "Struck down" means a state court held a cap unconstitutional and the legislature has not re-enacted it.
State legislators
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