B. Fault of the plaintiff to the extent that the plaintiff's fault bars or reduces the plaintiff's recovery under section 156 156-A; or

Sec. 4. 24 MRSA §2855, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1999, c. 668, §103, is further amended to read:

1. Negligence and causation. At the conclusion of the presentations, the panel shall make its findings in writing within 30 days by answering the following questions:

A. Whether the acts or omissions complained of constitute a deviation from the applicable standard of care by the health care practitioner or health care provider charged with that care;

B. Whether the acts or omissions complained of proximately caused the injury complained of; and

C. If negligence on the part of the health care practitioner or health care provider is found, whether any negligence on the part of the patient was equal to or greater than the negligence on the part of the practitioner or provider.

If negligence on the part of the health care practitioner or health care provider is found and that negligence is determined to have caused injury to the patient, the panel shall specify the damages attributable to the health care practitioner or health care provider or to each in an action involving multiple health care practitioners or health care providers.

Sec. 5. 24 MRSA §§2907 and 2908 are enacted to read:

§2907.__Damages in actions for professional negligence

1.__Definitions.__As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

A.__"Compensatory damages" means damages to compensate an injured party.__There are 2 types of compensatory damages:

(1)__Economic damages, which consist of: