Civil Actions - Noneconomic Damages - Personal Injury and Wrongful Death
Referred to interim study by Judiciary (House)
Summary
The bill removes Maryland’s statutory limits on noneconomic damages—such as pain, suffering, loss of consortium and emotional anguish—in personal injury and wrongful‑death cases. It lets courts award any amount for these damages in future cases and eliminates the rules that previously capped or reduced such awards. The change applies only to actions filed after the law takes effect, leaving earlier cases under the old limits.
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- Judiciary — Bill HearingJudiciary · Mar 4, 2026
History
- Referred to interim study by Judiciary
- Hearing canceled
- Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- First Reading Judiciary
Sponsors
- Ziegler · sponsor
- Boyce
- Charkoudian
- Foley
- Kaufman
- Ruff
- Stewart
- Terrasa
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