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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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