Catastrophic injury noneconomic damages · Tennessee
For Catastrophic injury noneconomic damages · Tennessee, state is Tennessee; type of cap is Catastrophic injury noneconomic damages; cap amount is $1 million in cases of catastrophic loss or injury; currently effective amount is $1 million; constitutional status is In force, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.
- State
- Tennessee our reading
- Type of cap
- Catastrophic injury noneconomic damages our reading
- Cap amount
- $1 million in cases of catastrophic loss or injury verified
- Currently effective amount
- $1 million our reading
- Constitutional status
- In force our reading
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
Tennessee $750,000 cap for non- economic damages for all injuries and occurrences in an action, including health care liability actions. The limit on non-economic damages applies regardless of if the action is based on a single act or omission or on a series of acts or omissions. The cap shall include actions by the plaintiff as well as derivative (%), in which case recovery for any damages barred claims by a spouse or child of the claimant, including loss of consortium. The limit on compensation for non- economic damages may increase to $1 million in cases of catastrophic loss or injury
— ama-assn.org, retrieved 2026-08-31
Source
- ama-assn.orghttps://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/mlr-state-laws-chart-I.pdf