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Noneconomic damages · Idaho

For Noneconomic damages, state is Idaho; cap amount is two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000); inflation adjustment is beginning on July 1, 2004, and each July 1 thereafter, the cap on noneconomic damages established in this section shall increase or decrease in accordance with the percentage amount of increase or decrease by which the Idaho industrial commission adjusts the average annual wage as computed pursuant to section 72-409 (2), Idaho Code; constitutional status is Cap enacted; source does not address validity; statutory citation is 6-1603, recorded from its source on 2026-09-21.

State
Idaho our reading
Type of cap
Noneconomic damages our reading
Cap amount
two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) verified
Inflation adjustment
beginning on July 1, 2004, and each July 1 thereafter, the cap on noneconomic damages established in this section shall increase or decrease in accordance with the percentage amount of increase or decrease by which the Idaho industrial commission adjusts the average annual wage as computed pursuant to section 72-409 (2), Idaho Code. verified
Constitutional status
Cap enacted; source does not address validity our reading
Statutory citation
6-1603 verified
Sourcelegislature.idaho.gov
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What the source says

6-1603. Limitation on noneconomic damages. (1) In no action seeking damages for personal injury, including death, shall a judgment for noneconomic damages be entered for a claimant exceeding the maximum amount of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000); provided, however, that beginning on July 1, 2004, and each July 1 thereafter, the cap on noneconomic damages established in this section shall increase or decrease in accordance with the percentage amount of increase or decrease by which the Idaho industrial commission adjusts the average annual wage as computed pursuant to section 72-409 (2), Idaho Code.

— legislature.idaho.gov, retrieved 2026-09-21

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