# Noneconomic damages · Florida — Medical malpractice noneconomic damages caps by state

For Noneconomic damages · Florida, state is Florida; type of cap is Noneconomic damages; cap amount is None. $500,000 damage cap overturned; currently effective amount is No cap (unconstitutional); constitutional status is Struck down as unconstitutional, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.

- **State:** Florida _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Type of cap:** Noneconomic damages _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Cap amount:** None. $500,000 damage cap overturned _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Currently effective amount:** No cap (unconstitutional) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Constitutional status:** Struck down as unconstitutional _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> Florida None. $500,000 damage cap overturned, North Broward Hosp. Dist. V. Kalitan, 219 So.3d 49 (Fla. 2017).

## Source

- https://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/mlr-state-laws-chart-I.pdf

Last verified: 2026-08-31. Review by: 2027-02-27.
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