VII. Authorities Table
| Citation | Source | Holding/Relevance |
|---|---|---|
| Cal. Civ. Code § 1714(a) | leginfo.legislature.ca.gov | General duty of ordinary care; statutory foundation of California negligence law. |
| Cal. Civ. Code § 3294 | leginfo.legislature.ca.gov | Punitive damages; clear-and-convincing standard for malice, oppression, or fraud. |
| Cal. Civ. Code § 3295 | leginfo.legislature.ca.gov | Bifurcation of financial-condition evidence in punitive damages trials. |
| Cal. Civ. Code § 1431.2 (Prop. 51) | leginfo.legislature.ca.gov | Several-only liability for non-economic damages. |
| Cal. Civ. Code § 3291 | leginfo.legislature.ca.gov | Prejudgment interest on personal injury judgments after § 998 offer. |
| Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 335.1 | leginfo.legislature.ca.gov | Two-year statute of limitations for personal injury actions. |
| Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 340.5 | leginfo.legislature.ca.gov | MICRA limitations period for medical malpractice. |
| Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 352 | leginfo.legislature.ca.gov | Tolling for minority and disability. |
| Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 377.60 | leginfo.legislature.ca.gov | Wrongful death cause of action and identification of heirs. |
| Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 377.34 | leginfo.legislature.ca.gov | Survival actions; current statutory window for pre-death pain damages. |
| Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 998 | leginfo.legislature.ca.gov | Cost-shifting offers to compromise. |
| Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 667.7 | leginfo.legislature.ca.gov | Periodic payment of future damages (MICRA context). |
| Cal. Veh. Code § 17150 | leginfo.legislature.ca.gov | Owner liability for permissive use of motor vehicle. |
| Cal. Veh. Code § 17151 | leginfo.legislature.ca.gov | Cap on owner-permissive-use liability. |
| Cal. Veh. Code § 16056 | leginfo.legislature.ca.gov | Financial responsibility minimum coverage. |
| Cal. Evid. Code § 669 | leginfo.legislature.ca.gov | Negligence per se from statutory violation. |
| Cal. Gov. Code § 815 | leginfo.legislature.ca.gov | Public entity liability only as provided by statute. |
| Cal. Gov. Code § 835 | leginfo.legislature.ca.gov | Dangerous condition of public property. |
| Cal. Gov. Code § 911.2 | leginfo.legislature.ca.gov | Six-month claim presentation deadline. |
| Cal. Gov. Code § 911.4 | leginfo.legislature.ca.gov | Application for leave to present a late claim. |
| Cal. Gov. Code § 946.6 | leginfo.legislature.ca.gov | Petition for judicial relief from claim deadline. |
| Cal. Civ. Code § 52.1 (Bane Act) | leginfo.legislature.ca.gov | California civil rights cause of action (distinguishing context). |
| 21 U.S.C. § 360k | law.cornell.edu | Federal preemption under the Medical Device Amendments. |
| Rowland v. Christian (1968) 69 Cal.2d 108 | — | Multi-factor duty analysis; abolition of premises status categories. |
| Cabral v. Ralphs Grocery Co. (2011) 51 Cal.4th 764 | — | Rowland factors applied at categorical level of generality. |
| Ortega v. Kmart Corp. (2001) 26 Cal.4th 1200 | — | Constructive notice in slip-and-fall cases provable by circumstantial evidence. |
| Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc. (1963) 59 Cal.2d 57 | — | Strict liability of manufacturer for defective product. |
| Barker v. Lull Engineering Co. (1978) 20 Cal.3d 413 | — | Two-pronged design defect test; burden-shifting in risk-benefit prong. |
| Soule v. General Motors Corp. (1994) 8 Cal.4th 548 | — | Limits on consumer-expectations test in technically complex cases. |
| Howell v. Hamilton Meats & Provisions, Inc. (2011) 52 Cal.4th 541 | — | Past medical damages capped at amount actually paid or incurred. |
| Corenbaum v. Lampkin (2013) 215 Cal.App.4th 1308 | — | Inadmissibility of full billed charges; extension to future medicals and anchoring. |
| Li v. Yellow Cab Co. (1975) 13 Cal.3d 804 | — | Pure comparative negligence in California. |
| Knight v. Jewett (1992) 3 Cal.4th 296 | — | Primary versus secondary assumption of risk after Li. |
| Tunkl v. Regents of Univ. of Cal. (1963) 60 Cal.2d 92 | — | Limits on enforceability of pre-injury releases. |
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