Total damages · Virginia
For Total damages, state is Virginia; cap amount is Beginning July 1, 2024, $2.65 million cap on total damages; inflation adjustment is Cap will increase by $50,000 per year starting until the increases stop at $3 million for claims after July 1, 2031; constitutional status is Cap enacted; source does not address validity; statutory citation is § 8.01-581.15, recorded from its source on 2026-09-21.
- State
- Virginia our reading
- Type of cap
- Total damages our reading
- Cap amount
- Beginning July 1, 2024, $2.65 million cap on total damages. verified
- Inflation adjustment
- Cap will increase by $50,000 per year starting until the increases stop at $3 million for claims after July 1, 2031. verified
- Constitutional status
- Cap enacted; source does not address validity our reading
- Statutory citation
- § 8.01-581.15 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
Virginia Beginning July 1, 2024, $2.65 million cap on total damages. Cap will increase by $50,000 per year starting until the increases stop at $3 million for claims after July 1, 2031. Virginia Code § 8.01- 581.15.
— ama-assn.org, retrieved 2026-09-21
Where each value comes from
The value above is stated away from the sentence quoted with the answer, so the passage that states it is shown here too.
Statutory citation
§ 8.01-581.15. Limitation on recovery in certain medical malpractice actions.
— all from ama-assn.org, retrieved 2026-09-21
Sources
- ama-assn.orghttps://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/mlr-state-laws-chart-I.pdf
- law.lis.virginia.govhttps://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title8.01/chapter21.1/section8.01-581.15/