Ch. 630

LAWS OF MARYLAND

(b)  In any action for damages for personal injury in which
the cause of action arises on or after July 1, 1986, an award for
noneconomic damages may not exceed $350,000.

(c)  An award by the health claims arbitration panel in
accordance with § 3-2A-06 of this article shall be considered an
award for purposes of this section.

(D) (1) IN A JURY TRIAL, THE JURY MAY NOT BE INFORMED OF
THE LIMITATION ESTABLISHED UNDER SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION.

(2) IF THE JURY AWARDS AN AMOUNT FOR NONECONOMIC
DAMAGES THAT EXCEEDS THE LIMITATION ESTABLISHED UNDER SUBSECTION
(B) OF THIS SECTION, THE COURT SHALL REDUCE THE AMOUNT TO CONFORM
TO THE LIMITATION.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the   provisions

of this Act shall apply to any jury trial commencing     after the

effective date of this Act in an action subject to the   provisions
of § 11-108 of the Courts Article.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1989.

Approved May 25, 1989.

CHAPTER 630

(Senate Bill 900)

AN ACT concerning

Creation of a State Debt - Mid-Shore Center for
the Performing Arts, Inc. Loan of 1989

FOR the purpose of authorizing the creation of a State Debt in
the amount of $250,000 the proceeds to be used as a grant to
the Mid-Shore Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. for the
purpose of restoring and renovating the historic Avalon
Theatre in Easton located in Talbot County, subject to the
requirement that the Mid-Shore Center for the Performing
Arts, Inc. provide a at least an equal and matching fund of
a certain kind for the same purpose by a certain date;
requiring that certain easements be granted to the Maryland
Historical Trust; and providing generally for the issue and
sale of bonds evidencing the loan.

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