6-1601. DEFINITIONS. As used in this act: (1) "Charitable corporation or organization or charitable trust" means a corporation or organization or charitable trust including any community chest, fund, or foundation organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, or educational purposes, or to foster national or international amateur sports competition […]
6-1602. PERIODIC PAYMENT OF JUDGMENTS — EXCEPTIONS — DISCRETIONS — PROCEDURE. (1) In any civil action seeking damages for personal injury or property damages in which a verdict, award or finding for future damages exceeds the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), the court may, in the exercise of its sound discretion, and at […]
6-1603. LIMITATION ON NONECONOMIC DAMAGES. (1) In no action seeking damages for personal injury, including death, shall a judgment for noneconomic damages be entered for a claimant exceeding the maximum amount of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000); provided, however, that beginning on July 1, 2004, and each July 1 thereafter, the cap on noneconomic […]
6-1604. LIMITATION ON PUNITIVE DAMAGES. (1) In any action seeking recovery of punitive damages, the claimant must prove, by clear and convincing evidence, oppressive, fraudulent, malicious or outrageous conduct by the party against whom the claim for punitive damages is asserted. (2) In all civil actions in which punitive damages are permitted, no claim for […]
6-1605. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY OF VOLUNTEERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OF NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS AND TRUSTEES OF CHARITABLE TRUSTS. (1) In any nonprofit corporation or organization or charitable trust as defined in section 6-1601(6), Idaho Code, officers, directors, and volunteers who serve the nonprofit corporation or organization without compensation and trustees of the charitable trust […]
6-1606. PROHIBITING DOUBLE RECOVERIES FROM COLLATERAL SOURCES. In any action for personal injury or property damage, a judgment may be entered for the claimant only for damages which exceed amounts received by the claimant from collateral sources as compensation for the personal injury or property damage, whether from private, group or governmental sources, and whether […]
6-1607. EMPLOYER LIABILITY FOR EMPLOYEE TORTS. (1) No employer shall be directly or indirectly liable in tort based upon an employer/employee relationship for any act or omission of an employee which occurs after the termination of the employee’s employment unless it is shown by clear and convincing evidence that the acts or omissions of the […]
