TITLE 25. CIVIL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 9. JUDGMENT

Part 4. Periodic Payment of Damages -- Medical Malpractice Damage Limitations

Definitions

25-9-401. Definitions. In this part:

(1) "future damages" includes damages for future medical treatment, care, or custody, loss of future earnings, and future pain and suffering of the judgment creditor; and

(2) "periodic payment" means the payment of money to the judgment creditor at regular intervals.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 634, L. 1987.