Noneconomic damages · Ohio
For Noneconomic damages, state is Ohio; cap amount is the greater of two hundred fifty thousand dollars or an amount that is equal to three times the plaintiff's economic loss, as determined by the trier of fact, to a maximum of three hundred fifty thousand dollars for each plaintiff or a maximum of five hundred thousand dollars for each occurrence; constitutional status is Cap enacted; source does not address validity, recorded from its source on 2026-09-03.
- State
- Ohio our reading
- Type of cap
- Noneconomic damages our reading
- Cap amount
- the greater of two hundred fifty thousand dollars or an amount that is equal to three times the plaintiff's economic loss, as determined by the trier of fact, to a maximum of three hundred fifty thousand dollars for each plaintiff or a maximum of five hundred thousand dollars for each occurrence verified
- Constitutional status
- Cap enacted; source does not address validity our reading
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What the source says
(2) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(3) of this section, the amount of compensatory damages that represents damages for noneconomic loss that is recoverable in a civil action under this section to recover damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property shall not exceed the greater of two hundred fifty thousand dollars or an amount that is equal to three times the plaintiff's economic loss, as determined by the trier of fact, to a maximum of three hundred fifty thousand dollars for each plaintiff or a maximum of five hundred thousand dollars for each occurrence.
— codes.ohio.gov, retrieved 2026-09-03
Source
- codes.ohio.govhttps://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2323.43