(a) In any action for medical injury, the declaration or other affirmative pleading shall not specify the amount of damages claimed but shall, instead, contain a general allegation of damage and shall state that the damages claimed are within any minimum or maximum jurisdictional limits of the court to which the pleading is addressed.
(b) At any time after service of the pleading, the defendant may, by special interrogatory, demand a statement of the amount of damages claimed by the plaintiff, which shall be answered within thirty (30) days.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts
Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies
Chapter 114 - Malpractice Actions
Subchapter 2 - Actions for Medical Injury
§ 16-114-203. Statute of limitations
§ 16-114-205. Allegation of damages
§ 16-114-207. Expert witnesses
§ 16-114-208. Damage awards — Periodic payment of future damages
§ 16-114-209. False and unreasonable pleadings
§ 16-114-210. Employed medical care provider
§ 16-114-211. Surveys and inspection reports as evidence