MO SB105

Excludes common law claims relating to healthcare services from English common law and replaces them with a statutory cause of action based on failure to use ordinary skill and learning by similarly situated healthcare providers.

Caps noneconomic damages at $350,000 per plaintiff regardless of the number of defendants in healthcare malpractice cases.

Prohibits courts from instructing juries about the noneconomic damages cap and prevents counsel or witnesses from informing jurors of the limitation during trial.

Extends the $350,000 damages cap to any individual or entity that provides, refers, coordinates, consults upon, or arranges healthcare services and is named as a defendant.

Requires punitive damages against healthcare providers only upon proof of willful, wanton, or malicious misconduct rather than simple negligence.