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Hodges v. Superior Court

California Supreme Court

Decided August 2, 1999No. S070935PublishedCited by 75 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

MOSK, J.

Petitioner Benjamin Hodges, an uninsured motorist, suffered injuries as the result of a rear-end collision that caused the gas tank of the Ford Mustang he was driving to mpture. He brought a products liability action against real party in interest Ford Motor Company (hereafter Ford), the manufacturer of the car, seeking compensatory and punitive damages.

Civil Code section 3333.4, enacted by the voters in the 1996 General Election as part of Proposition 213, precludes recovery of “non-economic losses to compensate for pain, suffering, inconvenience, physical impairment,…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1963
  2. Kopp v. Fair Political Practices CommissionCalifornia Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Central Pathology Service Medical Clinic, Inc. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1992
  4. Calatayud v. State of CaliforniaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1998
  5. Newman v. Ford Motor Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1998

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3Cited by75 opinions

  1. Kwikset Corp. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 2011
  2. Day v. City of FontanaCalifornia Supreme Court · 2001
  3. Robert L. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 2003
  4. People v. ValenciaCalifornia Supreme Court · 2017
  5. People v. JeffersonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1999

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