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(a) The total amount recoverable for any injury of a patient may not exceed two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) per occurrence.
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(b) The only damages which may be awarded in an action under this subchapter are the following:
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(1) economic damages; and
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(2) noneconomic damages.
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(c) The total amount awarded for noneconomic damages for any injury to a patient as a result of a single occurrence in an action under this subchapter may not exceed seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000).
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(d) No punitive damages may be awarded in an action filed under this subchapter.
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(e) The maximum amounts specified in this section are inclusive of:
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(1) actual expenses up to the time of trial paid or payable or reimbursed or reimbursable from any other source for reasonable and necessary:
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(A) medical care;
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(B) custodial care; and
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(C) rehabilitation services;
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(2) estimated future expenses reimbursable or payable from any other sources for reasonable and necessary:
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(A) medical care;
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(B) custodial care; and
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(C) rehabilitation services; and
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(3) lost earnings paid or payable from any other source.
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(f) The recovery in an action for wrongful death of a patient shall be as provided in Title 5, section 76, Virgin Islands Code, and shall be subject to the same limitations on recovery as are provided for in this section.