CHAPTER 663
TORT ACTIONS
Part I. Liability; Survival of Actions
Section
663-1 Torts, who may sue and for what
663-1.2 Tort liability for breach of contract; punitive damages
663-1.3 "Ad damnum" clause prohibited
663-1.4 Payment of reasonable attorney's fees and costs in
defense of suit
663-1.5 Exception to liability
663-1.53 Liability for operation of a family child care home
663-1.54 Recreational activity liability
663-1.55 Volunteer firefighters; limited liability
663-1.6 Duty to assist
663-1.7 Professional society; peer review committee; ethics
committee; hospital or clinic quality assurance
committee; no liability; exceptions
663-1.8 Chiropractic society; peer view committee; no
liability; exceptions
663-1.9 Exception to liability for health care provider,
authorized person withdrawing blood at the direction
of a police officer
663-1.95 Employers' job reference immunity
663-2 Defense of lawful detention
663-3 Death by wrongful act
663-4 Actions which survive death of wrongdoer or other
person liable
663-5 Death of defendant, continuance of action
663-6 Death of wrongdoer or other person liable prior to
suit, time for commencing action against the estate
663-7 Survival of cause of action
663-8 Damages, future earnings
663-8.3 Loss or impairment of earning capacity; damages
663-8.5 Noneconomic damages; defined
663-8.7 Limitation on pain and suffering
663-8.9 Serious emotional distress arising from property
damage; cause of action abolished; exception for
physical injury
663-9 Liability of animal owners
663-9.1 Exception of animal owners to civil liability
663-9.5 Liability of firearm owners
663-10 Collateral sources; protection for liens and rights of
subrogation
663-10.5 Government entity as a tortfeasor; abolition of joint
and several liability
663-10.6 Exemption for providing shelter and subsistence to the
needy
663-10.9 Abolition of joint and several liability; exceptions
663-10.95 Motorsports facilities; waiver of liability
Part II. Uniform Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act
663-11 Joint tortfeasors defined
663-12 Right of contribution; accrual; pro rata share
663-13 Judgment against one tortfeasor
663-14 Release; effect on injured person's claim
663-15 Release; effect on right of contribution
663-16 Indemnity
663-17 Third-party practice; enforcement of right to
contribution; unnamed defendants and third party
defendants
Part III. Advance Payments in Personal Injury and
Property Damage Cases
663-21 Advance payments not admission
663-22 Reduction of award
663-23 Refund of payments
663-24 Effect on insurance
Part IV. Comparative Negligence
663-31 Contributory negligence no bar; comparative
negligence; findings of fact and special verdicts