# OH Caps Non-Economic Med Mal Dmgs 

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Gov. Bob Taft signed a tort reform bill Friday that will reduce the liability of health care providers and facilities for medical, dental, optometric and chiropractic claims. 
S.B. 281, which goes into effect in 90 days, will cap non-economic damages, in most cases, at the greater of $250,000 or three times the plaintiff's economic loss, up to $350,000 for each plaintiff or $500,000 for multiple plaintiffs. In very serious cases, the maximum cap is $500,000 for each plaintiff or $1 million total for multiple plaintiffs. 

In addition, the bill strengthens the state's one-year statute of limitations by creating a four-year statute of repose, which will give a plaintiff only four years to discover most types of injuries and file a lawsuit.

Sources:
- Business Insurance (http://www.businessinsurance.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?newsId=1848)