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Cal. Civil Code § 3283 (2026)

General Principles

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Damages may be awarded, in a judicial proceeding, for detriment resulting after the commencement thereof, or certain to result in the future.

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Cited in 50 cases (6 in the last 5 years), 1949–2025 · leading case: Boeken v. Philip Morris USA, Inc., 230 P.3d 342 (Cal. 2010).
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Boeken v. Philip Morris USA, Inc., 230 P.3d 342 (Cal. 2010). · cites it 6× “) The Civil Code expressly provides that this amount includes compensation for prospective losses: "Damages may be awarded, in a judicial proceeding, for detriment resulting after the commencement thereof, or certain to result in the future.”
Licudine v. Cedars-Sinai Med. Ctr., 3 Cal. App. 5th 881 (Cal. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 3× “” (Civ. Code, § 3283.) Once a jury determines that an injured party is entitled to damages, the “focus of an award of damages [turns to] the quantification of detriment suffered by a party.”
California v. Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P., 159 F. Supp. 3d 1182 (S.D. Cal. 2016). · cites it 4× “The City argues that it máy seek any damages accrued during the three years preceding the commencement of this action, continuing through the time of judgment.”
Regalado v. Callaghan CA, 3 Cal. App. 5th 582 (Cal. Ct. App. 2016). “” (Civ. Code, § 3283.) It is well settled that “[pjrospective detriment must be so proven that from the proof the [trier of fact] can reasonably conclude that the claimed detriment is reasonably certain to occur.”
Potter v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., 863 P.2d 795 (Cal. 1993). “[23] Civil Code section 3283 provides: "Damages may be awarded, in a judicial proceeding, for detriment resulting after the commencement thereof, or certain to result in the future.”
Corenbaum v. Lampkin, 215 Cal. App. 4th 1308 (Cal. Ct. App. 2013). “(Civ. Code, §§ 3283 [damages may be awarded for “detriment.”
Varjabedian v. City of Madera, 572 P.2d 43 (Cal. 1977). “Ill Defendant next asserts that plaintiffs’ recovery for the anticipated loss of their Cal-Vet loan was speculative and therefore improper (Civ. Code, § 3283). 10 The trial court treated the certainty of the future loss of the loan as a question of fact for the juiy, and…”
David v. Hernandez, 13 Cal. App. 5th 692 (Cal. Ct. App. 2017). “Thus, the total number of future shoulder surgeries is four.”
Garcia v. Duro Dyne Corp., 156 Cal. App. 4th 92 (Cal. Ct. App. 2007). “) Civil Code section 3283 states in part that “[djamages may be awarded .”
Bihun v. AT & T Info. Sys., Inc., 13 Cal. App. 4th 976 (Cal. Ct. App. 1993). “(Civ. Code, § 3283; and see Cal. Tort Damages (Cont.”
Guntert v. City of Stockton, 55 Cal. App. 3d 131 (Cal. Ct. App. 1976). “(Civ. Code, § 3283.) The findings declare that at the trial Construction Division asked for some assurance of 18 months’ tenancy pending the city’s appeal to permit it to accept a major barge construction job; that the city rejected the request; that Construction Division then…”
Green Wood Indus. Co. v. Forceman Int'l Dev. Grp., Inc., 156 Cal. App. 4th 766 (Cal. Ct. App. 2007). “28 Civil Code section 3283 provides: “Damages may be awarded, in a judicial proceeding, for detriment resulting after the commencement thereof, or certain to result in the future.”
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