624.18 Designation and calculation of damages.
1. In all actions where the plaintiff recovers a sum of money, the amount to which the plaintiff is entitled may be awarded the plaintiff by the judgment generally, without any distinction being therein made as to whether such sum is recovered by way of debt or damages.
2. In all personal injury actions where the plaintiff recovers a sum of money that, according to special verdict, is intended, in whole or in part, to address the future damages of the plaintiff, that portion of the judgment that reflects the future damages shall be adjusted by the court or the finder of fact to reflect the present value of the sum.
3. Under no circumstances shall there be a reduction to present value more than one time by either the trier of fact or the court.
[R60, §3144; C73, §2862; C97, §3782; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11580; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §624.18]
97 Acts, ch 197, §9, 16
Referred to in §602.8102(98), 668.3
Structure Iowa Code
Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES
Chapter 624 - TRIAL AND JUDGMENT
Section 624.1 - Evidence in ordinary actions.
Section 624.2 - Ordinary actions — evidence on appeal.
Section 624.3 - Evidence in equitable actions.
Section 624.4 - Equitable actions — evidence on appeal.
Section 624.5 - Abstracts in equity causes.
Section 624.9 - Detailed report of trial.
Section 624.10 - Certification — ipso facto bill.
Section 624.11 - Matters excluded.
Section 624.11A - Juror challenge — municipal taxpayers.
Section 624.12 - Panel exhausted.
Section 624.13 - Interlocutory questions.
Section 624.14 - Juror as witness — grounds to set aside verdict.
Section 624.15 - Must be on material point.
Section 624.16 - Costs of new trial.
Section 624.17 - Special execution — pleading.
Section 624.18 - Designation and calculation of damages.
Section 624.19 - Court acting as jury.
Section 624.20 - Satisfaction of judgment.
Section 624.21 - Complete record.
Section 624.22 - Personal judgment — when authorized.
Section 624.23 - Liens of judgments — real estate — homesteads — support judgments.
Section 624.24 - When judgment lien attaches.
Section 624.24A - Liens of support judgments — titled personal property.
Section 624.25 - Appellate court judgments.
Section 624.26 - Docketing transcript.
Section 624.27 - Judgment against railway.
Section 624.29 - Conveyance by commissioner.
Section 624.31 - Conveys title.
Section 624.32 - Other parties.
Section 624.33 - Approval by court.