In California, there is a cap on the general damages available in a medical malpractice action (more below)?

What are general damages? What is the cap? Where did you find the information?

Thanks!

Glinda W
I believe it is 250,000, my friend is a CA. attorney. General damages for what? You ask allot of questions with little info.

jgbgirl
This is what i found there was a whole bunch more below, I have included the link.

Damage Caps--California places a cap on non-economic damages for medical malpractice cases. Cal. Civ. Code § 3333.2 (West 1997). Non-economic damages, defined as compensation for pain, suffering, inconvenience, physical impairment, disfigurement, and other non-pecuniary injury, are limited to $ 250,000. Id. The cap applies whether the case is for injury or death, and it allows only one $ 250,000 recovery in a wrongful death case. Yates v. Pollock, 194 Cal. App. 3d 195, 239 Cal. Rptr. 383 (1987). There is authority, however, for allowing separate caps for the patient and a spouse claiming loss of consortium. Atkins v. Strayhorn, 223 Cal. App. 3d 1380, 273 Cal. Rptr. 231 (1990). The cap on non-economic damages has been held to be constitutional. Fein v. Permanente Medical Group, 38 Cal. 3d 137, 695 P.2d 665, 211 Cal. Rptr. 368 (1985) (also upholding the modification of the collateral source rule).

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