Section 6-11-1 Damages assessed by factfinder to be itemized; future damages not to be reduced to present value. - Alabama Statutes

Section 6-11-1

Damages assessed by factfinder to be itemized; future damages not to be reduced to present value.

In any civil action based upon tort and any action for personal injury based upon breach of warranty, except actions for wrongful death pursuant to Sections 6-5-391 and 6-5-410, the damages assessed by the factfinder shall be itemized as follows:

(1) Past damages.

(2) Future damages.

(3) Punitive damages.

The factfinder shall not reduce any future damages to present value. Where the court determines that any one or more of the above categories is not recoverable in the action, those categories shall be omitted from the itemization.

(Acts 1987, No. 87-183, p. 245, §1.)