California Civil Code

§ 3333.2

CIV § 3333.2 Effective Jan 1, 2023Div. 4 · Title 2 · Part 1 · Ch. 2 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)In any action for injury against a health care provider or health care institution based on professional negligence, the injured plaintiff shall be entitled to recover noneconomic losses to compensate for pain, suffering, inconvenience, physical impairment, disfigurement and other nonpecuniary damage, subject to the limitations in this section.

(b)In any action for injury that does not involve wrongful death against one or more health care providers or health care institutions based on professional negligence, the following limitations shall apply:

(1)Civil liability for damages for noneconomic losses against one or more health care providers, collectively, shall not exceed three hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000), regardless of the number of health care providers, which does not include any unaffiliated health care providers that are responsible for noneconomic losses pursuant to paragraph (3).

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 17, Sec. 3. (AB 35) Effective January 1, 2023.