Legal Opinion
Rashidi v. Moser
California Supreme Court
Decided December 15, 2014No. S214430PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CORRIGAN, J.
In professional negligence actions against health care providers, recovery of noneconomic damages is capped at $250,000. (Civ. Code, § 3333.2, enacted as part of the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act of 1975 (MICRA).) In any action, liability for noneconomic damages is several only, so that defendants pay in proportion to their share of fault. (§ 1431.2, part of the Fair Responsibility Act of 1986, enacted by passage of Prop. 51.)
Here we consider whether a jury’s award of noneconomic damages, reduced by the court to $250,000 under MICRA, may be further diminished by…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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