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Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-1708.1F: Medical liability actions - Damages

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  2. Title 63

A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, in any

medical liability action in which the health care services at issue

were provided for:

1. Pregnancy or labor and delivery, including the immediate

post-partum period; or

2. Emergency care in the emergency room of a hospital or as

follow-up to the emergency care services provided in the emergency

room;

the amount of noneconomic damages awarded shall not exceed Three

Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00), regardless of the number of

parties against whom the action is brought or the number of actions

brought with respect to the personal injury.

B. Where the judge finds by clear and convincing evidence that

the defendant committed negligence in one of the types of cases

enumerated in subsection A of this section, the court shall

articulate its findings into the record out of the presence of the

jury and shall lift the noneconomic damage cap.

C. Nothing in this section shall apply to any nursing facility

or nursing home licensed pursuant to Section 1-1903 of this title or

the owners, operators, officers, agents or employees of such

entities.

D. Nothing in this section shall apply to a medical liability

action brought for wrongful death.

E. This section of law shall terminate on November 1, 2010.

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