PRINTER'S NO. 803
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
689
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY SIMS, MULLERY, THOMAS, TRUITT, COHEN, McCARTER AND
McNEILL, MARCH 3, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 3, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in matters affecting
government units, further providing for limitations on
damages.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 8553(b) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 8553. Limitations on damages.
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(b) Amounts recoverable.--Damages arising from the same
cause of action or transaction or occurrence or series of causes
of action or transactions or occurrences shall not exceed
[$500,000] $1,250,000 in the aggregate. The limitation on the
amount of damages shall be adjusted annually to account for
inflation based on the Consumer Price Index published by the
United States Department of Labor.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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