TITLE 25. CIVIL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 9. JUDGMENT

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

Failure To Pay -- Penalty

25-9-406. Failure to pay -- penalty. If the court finds that the insurer that sold the annuity to the judgment debtor has unjustifiably exhibited a continuing pattern of failing to make periodic payments, the court shall find the insurer in contempt of court and order the insurer to pay past-due payments and the judgment creditor's damages caused by the failure to make payments, including court costs and attorney fees.

History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 634, L. 1987.