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Old 08-08-2016, 01:54 PM   #161
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4. Also heard Kansas has a cap on lawsuits of this nature of $250k.
That's a non-economic damages cap (pain and suffering). I'm not sure that it would include future earnings and things of that nature that could be included in a wrongful death suit. By and large, lost earning potential is considered economic damage, though it may also be considered too speculative to award.

And that wouldn't speak to a punitive damages cap, which is $5 million in Kansas. Given Schiltterbaun's size, $5 million would be doable, especially given their knowledge of the dangers the slide presented.
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