Applied in 26 court decisions — leading case 315 Or. App. 112 - State v. Halvorson (2021)
Most recently applied in 347 Or. App. 37 - Estate of James Ritchie v. Helbig (February 2026)
Formerly 18.560; 2021 c.478 §1
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(1) Except for claims subject to ORS 30.260 to 30.300 and ORS chapter 656, in any civil action for the wrongful death of any one person including claims for loss of care, comfort, companionship and society and loss of consortium, the amount awarded for noneconomic damages, as defined in ORS 31.705, shall not exceed $500,000.
(2) This section does not apply to punitive damages.
(3) The jury shall not be advised of the limitation set forth in this section.
Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.