A damage cap is when a legislature, such as the Louisiana Legislature, has acted and made a determination that, in certain cases, certain items of damages are capped and a jury or a judge cannot award any more than that amount.  In Louisiana, that affects governmental bodies, which would be municipalities, the State of Louisiana, local law enforcement, and sheriff’s offices.
If an employee of the City of Houma or an employee of the State of Louisiana or a deputy sheriff, or a city policeman was at fault in a car accident, the amount of money for general or non-economic damages is capped at $500,000.
That was established by an amendment to the Constitution of Louisiana around 20 years ago. Other than that, there are really no caps for Houma car accident damages. That is the only cap there is in Houma, and it involves municipalities and governmental bodies or any subdivisions of them.