23 chapters · 594 sections in this title.
AS 09.55.547 Pleading of damages.
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In a cause of action against a health care provider for malpractice, the complaint or any other pleadings may not contain an ad damnum clause or monetary amount claimed against the defendant health care provider, except as necessary for jurisdictional purposes.
AS 09.55.548 Awards; collateral source.
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(a) Damages shall be awarded in accordance with principles of the common law. The fact finder in a malpractice action shall render any award for damages by category of loss. The court may enter a judgment that future damages be paid in whole or in part by periodic payments rather…
AS 09.55.549 Limitation on damages from health care provider's services.
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(a) Notwithstanding AS 09.17.010, noneconomic damages for personal injury or death based on the provision of services by a health care provider may only be awarded as provided in this section. (b) In an action to recover damages for personal injury or wrongful death based on the …
AS 09.55.550 Jury instructions.
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In medical malpractice actions the jury shall be instructed that the plaintiff has the burden of proving the health care provider's negligence or wilful misconduct in accordance with the standard of proof specified in AS 09.55.540. The jury shall be further instructed that injury…