2009 Kansas Code
Chapter 60 PROCEDURE, CIVIL
Article 2 RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
60-249a. Itemized verdict, personal injury actions; jury instructions.

60-249a

Chapter 60.--PROCEDURE, CIVIL Article 2.--RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE

      60-249a.   Itemized verdict, personal injury actions; jury instructions. (a) In any action for damages for personal injury, the jury's instructions and the itemized verdict form shall refer only to those items of damage upon which there is evidence introduced at trial.

      (b)   In any action for damages for personal injury, if the jury finds for the plaintiff, the verdict shall be itemized by the trier of fact to reflect the amounts awarded for the following items of damage, subject to the provisions of subsection (a):

      (1)   Noneconomic injuries and losses, as follows:

      (A)   Pain and suffering,

      (B)   disability,

      (C)   disfigurement, and any accompanying mental anguish;

      (2)   reasonable expenses of necessary medical care, hospitalization and treatment received; and

      (3)   economic injuries and losses other than those itemized under subsection (b)(2).

      (c)   Where applicable, the amounts required to be itemized pursuant to subsection (b) shall be further itemized by the trier of fact to reflect those amounts awarded for injuries and losses sustained to date and those awarded for injuries and losses reasonably expected to be sustained in the future.

      History:   L. 1987, ch. 224, § 1; L. 1993, ch. 109, § 1; July 1.