2009 Iowa Code
Title 15 - Judicial Branch and Judicial Procedures
Subtitle 3 - Civil Procedure
CHAPTER 624 - TRIAL AND JUDGMENT
624.18 - DESIGNATION AND CALCULATION OF DAMAGES.

        624.18  DESIGNATION AND CALCULATION OF DAMAGES.
         1.  In all actions where the plaintiff recovers a sum of money,
      the amount to which the plaintiff is entitled may be awarded the
      plaintiff by the judgment generally, without any distinction being
      therein made as to whether such sum is recovered by way of debt or
      damages.
         2.  In all personal injury actions where the plaintiff recovers a
      sum of money that, according to special verdict, is intended, in
      whole or in part, to address the future damages of the plaintiff,
      that portion of the judgment that reflects the future damages shall
      be adjusted by the court or the finder of fact to reflect the present
      value of the sum.
         3.  Under no circumstances shall there be a reduction to present
      value more than one time by either the trier of fact or the court.
      

         Section History: Early Form

         [R60, § 3144; C73, § 2862; C97, § 3782; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §
      11580; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 624.18]
      

         Section History: Recent Form

         97 Acts, ch 197, §9, 16
         Referred to in § 602.8102(98), 668.3