668.14 Evidence of previous payment or future right of payment. 1. In an action brought pursuant to this chapter seeking damages for personal injury, the court shall permit evidence and argument as to the previous payment or future rightof payment of actual economic losses incurred or to be incurred as a result of the personalinjury for necessary medical care, rehabilitation services, and custodial care except to theextent that the previous payment or future right of payment is pursuant to a state or federalprogram or from assets of the claimant or the members of the claimant’s immediate family. 2. If evidence and argument regarding previous payments or future rights of payment is permitted pursuant to subsection 1, the court shall also permit evidence and argument as tothe costs to the claimant of procuring the previous payments or future rights of payment andas to any existing rights of indemnification or subrogation relating to the previous paymentsor future rights of payment. 3. If evidence or argument is permitted pursuant to subsection 1 or 2, the court shall, unless otherwise agreed to by all parties, instruct the jury to answer special interrogatoriesor, if there is no . If evidence or argument is permitted pursuant to subsection 1 or 2, the court shall, unless otherwise agreed to by all parties, instruct the jury to answer special interrogatoriesor, if there is no jury, shall make findings indicating the effect of such evidence or argumenton the verdict. 4. This section does not apply to actions governed by section 147.136.87 Acts, ch 157, §9Referred to in §668.5 Sat Dec 23 12:24:10 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 668.14 (19, 0)
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