Wrongful death noneconomic damages · California
For Wrongful death noneconomic damages, state is California; cap amount is five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000); inflation adjustment is shall increase each January 1st by fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for 10 years up to one million dollars ($1,000,000); constitutional status is Cap enacted; source does not address validity; statutory citation is California Code, CIV 3333.2, recorded from its source on 2026-09-22.
- State
- California our reading
- Type of cap
- Wrongful death noneconomic damages our reading
- Cap amount
- five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) verified
- Inflation adjustment
- shall increase each January 1st by fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for 10 years up to one million dollars ($1,000,000) verified
- Constitutional status
- Cap enacted; source does not address validity our reading
- Statutory citation
- California Code, CIV 3333.2 verified
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
(c) In any action for 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 five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), regardless of the number of health care providers
— leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, retrieved 2026-09-22
Where each value comes from
This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.
Inflation adjustment
(g) This section shall be deemed effective as of, and shall apply to all cases filed or arbitrations demanded on or after, January 1, 2023. Thereafter, the dollar amounts set forth in subdivision (b) shall increase by forty thousand dollars ($40,000) each January 1st for 10 years up to seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000), and the dollar amounts set forth in subdivision (c) shall increase each January 1st by fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for 10 years up to one million dollars ($1,000,000). The dollar amount in effect at the time of judgment, arbitration award, or settlement shall apply to an action, subject to subdivision (h).
Statutory citation
California Code, CIV 3333.2
— all from leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, retrieved 2026-09-22
Source
- leginfo.legislature.ca.govhttps://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=3333.2