Catastrophic injury noneconomic damages · Missouri
For Catastrophic injury noneconomic damages, state is Missouri; cap amount is $700,000; currently effective amount is $842,614; inflation adjustment is The limitations on awards for noneconomic damages provided for in this section shall be increased by one and seven-tenths percent on an annual basis effective January first of each year; constitutional status is Cap enacted; source does not address validity, recorded from its source on 2026-09-22.
- State
- Missouri our reading
- Type of cap
- Catastrophic injury noneconomic damages our reading
- Cap amount
- $700,000 verified
- Currently effective amount
- $842,614 our reading
- Inflation adjustment
- The limitations on awards for noneconomic damages provided for in this section shall be increased by one and seven-tenths percent on an annual basis effective January first of each year. verified
- Constitutional status
- Cap enacted; source does not address validity our reading
- Statutory citation
- 538.210 verified
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
For “non-catastrophic” injuries, the cap was initially established at $400,000, while the cap for “catastrophic” injuries was set at $700,000.
— insurance.mo.gov, retrieved 2026-09-22
Where each value comes from
This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.
Currently effective amount
New caps for 2026: Non-catastrophic injuries: ($473,444 x 1.017) = $481,493 Catastrophic injuries: ($828,529 x 1.017) = $842,614
Inflation adjustment
The limitations on awards for noneconomic damages provided for in this section shall be increased by one and seven-tenths percent on an annual basis effective January first of each year.
Statutory citation
538.210. No common law cause of action — limitation on noneconomic damages
— all from insurance.mo.gov, retrieved 2026-09-22
Sources
- insurance.mo.govhttps://insurance.mo.gov/industry-limits-and-caps/medical-malpractice-limits
- revisor.mo.govhttps://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=538.210
- sos.mo.govhttps://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/AdRules/moreg/2026/v51n4Feb17/v51n4.pdf