Noneconomic damages · Missouri
For Noneconomic damages · Missouri, state is Missouri; type of cap is Noneconomic damages; cap amount is $400,000; inflation adjustment is These caps increase by one and seven-tenths percent on an annual basis effective January first of each year; constitutional status is In force, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.
- State
- Missouri our reading
- Type of cap
- Noneconomic damages our reading
- Cap amount
- $400,000 verified
- Inflation adjustment
- These caps increase by one and seven-tenths percent on an annual basis effective January first of each year. verified
- Constitutional status
- In force our reading
- Statutory citation
- Missouri Revised Statutes § 538.210.1. verified
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What the source says
Missouri In 2015, Missouri enacted a $400,000 cap on non-economic damages generally and a $700,000 cap on non-economic damages for cases involving catastrophic injury. These caps increase by one and seven-tenths percent on an annual basis effective January first of each year. In 2024, the respective caps were $450,000 and $787,671. These caps apply irrespective of the number of defendants. Missouri Revised Statutes § 538.210.1.
— ama-assn.org, retrieved 2026-08-31
Source
- ama-assn.orghttps://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/mlr-state-laws-chart-I.pdf