Bill > SB108

This bill makes several significant changes to Louisiana civil law regarding medical expenses, jury trials, and personal injury claims. First, it modifies how medical expenses can be recovered in lawsuits, limiting plaintiffs to the actual amount paid by health insurance or Medicare, rather than the full billed amount, and allowing plaintiffs to recover 30% (reduced from 40%) of the difference between billed and paid amounts to cover procurement costs. The bill also changes jury trial rules by adjusting the monetary threshold for jury trials and reducing the cash deposit required to request a jury trial from $5,000 to $4,000. Additionally, the bill introduces a new legal provision stating that the absence of a prior medical history cannot automatically create a presumption that an injury was caused by the incident in question. These changes apply only to future lawsuits filed after the bill's effective date and do not impact existing cases. The bill aims to modify civil procedure, evidence admissibility, and damage calculations in personal injury and medical expense litigation, potentially making such cases more predictable and standardized for both plaintiffs and defendants.

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https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?s=25rs&b=SB108&sbi=y