Utah Code
Utah Code § 78B-3-409 (2026)
Ad damnum clause prohibited in complaint
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A dollar amount may not be specified in the prayer of a complaint filed in a malpractice action against a health care provider. The complaint shall merely pray for such damages as are reasonable in the circumstances.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2010–2015 · leading case: Amanda Elliott v. R. Michael Cobb, 320 S.W.3d 246 (Tenn. 2010).
Amanda Elliott v. R. Michael Cobb, 320 S.W.3d 246 (Tenn. 2010). “argument to the court or jury”); Utah Code Ann. § 78B-3-409 (2008) (providing that “[a] dollar amount may not be specified in the prayer of a complaint filed in a malpractice action”); W.”
Smith v. United States, 2015 UT 68, 356 P.3d 1249. “§ 78B-3-409 (prohibiting a complaint with a specific dollar amount of requested damages).”
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