In medical malpractice cases, damages caps are limits on the total amount of damages that plaintiffs can collect. Some states place caps on the noneconomic damages that plaintiffs can recover. Noneconomic damages are types of monetary compensation that are available for your non-economic losses, including pain and suffering, disability, loss of consortium, and others. In states that have damages caps in malpractice cases, the purpose is to try to deter people from filing medical malpractice claims.
However, Pennsylvania does not have a cap on damages for economic or non-economic losses. However, it does place a cap on punitive damages in medical malpractice cases to no more than two times the actual damages that are awarded in a case. Punitive damages are rarely awarded in medical malpractice cases, so it is unlikely that you will be subject to any caps on damages.