Wrongful death noneconomic damages · Missouri
For Wrongful death noneconomic damages, state is Missouri; cap amount is seven hundred thousand dollars; 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; statutory citation is 538.210, recorded from its source on 2026-09-21.
- State
- Missouri our reading
- Type of cap
- Wrongful death noneconomic damages our reading
- Cap amount
- seven hundred thousand dollars verified
- 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
(3) In any action against a health care provider for damages for death arising out of the rendering of or the failure to render health care services, no plaintiff shall recover more than seven hundred thousand dollars for noneconomic damages irrespective of the number of defendants.
— revisor.mo.gov, retrieved 2026-09-21
Where each value comes from
This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.
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 revisor.mo.gov, retrieved 2026-09-21
Source
- revisor.mo.govhttps://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=538.210