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> United States > Wyoming > Referendums > 2004 Referendums > Constitutional Amendment D - Noneconomic Damages
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| Office | Referendum |
| Honorific | Referendum - Abbr: |
| Type | General Election |
| Filing Deadline | January 01, 2004 - 12:00pm Central |
| Polls Open | November 02, 2004 - 08:00am Central |
| Polls Close | November 02, 2004 - 08:00pm Central |
| Term Start | November 03, 2004 - 12:00pm |
| Term End | December 31, 9999 - 11:55pm |
| Turnout |
100.51% Registered
47.30% Total Population
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| Contributor | Ashley |
| Last Modified | Ashley March 29, 2013 07:46pm |
| Data Sources | [Link] |
| Description |
This amendment would allow the Wyoming legislature to enact laws limiting the amount of damages for noneconomic loss that could be awarded for injury or death caused by a health care provider. "Noneconomic loss" generally includes, but is not limited to, losses such as pain and suffering, inconvenience, mental anguish, loss of capacity for enjoyment of life, loss of consortium, and other losses the claimant is entitled to recover as damages under general law.
This amendment will not in any way affect the recovery of damages for economic loss under Wyoming law. "Economic loss" generally includes, but is not limited to, monetary losses such as past and future medical expenses, loss of past and future earnings, loss of use of property, costs of repair or replacement, the economic value of domestic services, loss of employment or business opportunities.
This amendment will not in any way affect the recovery of any additional damages known under Wyoming law as exemplary or punitive damages, which are damages allowed by law to punish a defendant and to deter persons from engaging in similar conduct in the future.
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117,602 (50.35%)