63M-7-511.5 - Limitation of awards. - Utah Statutes

63M-7-511.5. Limitation of awards.
(1) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b), an award of reparations may not exceed$25,000 in the aggregate.
(b) (i) In claims involving homicide, attempted homicide, aggravated assault, or DUIoffenses, an award of reparations may not exceed $50,000 in the aggregate.
(ii) Reparations for nonmedical expenses incurred as a result of the homicide, attemptedhomicide, aggravated assault, or DUI may not exceed $25,000.
(2) (a) Awards of reparations to secondary victims shall be paid from the victims'maximum award amount provided in Subsection (1).
(b) When it appears that allowable expenses for the victim and secondary victims willexceed the maximum award amount provided in Subsection (1), the expenses of the victim shallbe paid first unless otherwise requested by the claimant.
(c) Priority of payment among multiple secondary victims on a single claim shall bedetermined by the reparations officer.

Enacted by Chapter 339, 2008 General Session