ORS 31.705: Economic and noneconomic damages separately set forth in verdict; “economic damages” and “noneconomic damages” defined.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) A verdict shall set forth separately economic damages and noneconomic damages. (2) As used in this section: (a) “Economic damages” means objectively verifiable monetary losses including but not limited to reasonable charges necessarily incurred for medical, hospital, nursing and rehabilitative services and other health care services, burial and memorial expenses, loss of income and past and future impairment of earning capacity, reasonable and necessary expenses incurred for substitute domestic services, recurring loss to an estate, damage to reputation that is economically verifiable, reasonable and necessarily incurred costs due to loss of use of property and reasonable costs incurred for repair or for replacement of damaged property, whichever is less. (b) “Noneconomic damages” means subjective, nonmonetary losses, including but not limited to pain, mental suffering, emotional distress, humiliation, injury to reputation, loss of care, comfort, companionship and society, loss of consortium, inconvenience and interference with normal and usual activities apart from gainful employment. [Formerly 18.570; 2021 c.478 §3]
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- ORS 31.360: Proof required for claim of economic damages in action arising from injury caused by dog.
- ORS 31.710: Limitation on award for noneconomic damages in claim for wrongful death.
- ORS 31.715: Limitation on recovery of noneconomic damages arising out of operation of motor vehicle; uninsured plaintiff; plaintiff driving under influence of intoxicants.
- ORS 124.100: Definitions for ORS 124.100 to 124.140; action authorized; relief; qualifications for bringing action; notice to Attorney General.
- ORS 137.103: Definitions for ORS 137.101 to 137.109.
- ORS 147.035: Compensable losses; expiration of claim; rules.
- ORS 260.532: Prohibition on publication of false statement relating to candidate or measure; civil action; damages; other remedies; limitation on action.
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