§ 12.581

12-581. Definitions In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. ' Bodily injury' means bodily harm, sickness, disease or emotional or mental distress, including death resulting from any of these conditions at any time, sustained by a person. 2. ' Claimant' means a person suffering bodily injury, a person claiming on behalf of or as a result of bodily injury to another person, the representative of the estate of a deceased person or a beneficiary of a wrongful death action. 3. ' Costs of health care' means medical, custodial, rehabilitative and related expenses. 4. ' Economic loss' means pecuniary harm for which damages are recoverable. 5. ' Future damages' means economic loss and noneconomic loss arising from bodily injury that accrues after trial of a claim under this article. 6. ' Noneconomic loss' means nonpecuniary harm for which damages are recoverable but does not include punitive or exemplary damages. 7. ' Past damages' means economic loss and noneconomic loss arising from bodily injury that have accrued before a claim is tried under this article, including punitive or exemplary damages. 8.

mages. 7. ' Past damages' means economic loss and noneconomic loss arising from bodily injury that have accrued before a claim is tried under this article, including punitive or exemplary damages. 8. ' Qualified insurer' means an insurer, self-insurer, plan or arrangement approved by the director of the department of insurance and financial institutions.