Cal. Codes » Civil Code / DIVISION 4. GENERAL PROVISIONS / PART 1. RELIEF / TITLE 2. COMPENSATORY RELIEF / CHAPTER 2. Measure of Damages [[3300.] - 3361.] / ARTICLE 2. Damages for Wrongs
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Cal. Civil Code § 3333.3 (2026)

Damages for Wrongs

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In any action for damages based on negligence, a person may not recover any damages if the plaintiff’s injuries were in any way proximately caused by the plaintiff’s commission of any felony, or immediate flight therefrom, and the plaintiff has been duly convicted of that felony.

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Cited in 11 cases, 1997–2020 · leading case: Tug Valley Pharmacy, LLC v. All Below, 773 S.E.2d 627 (W. Va. 2015).
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Tug Valley Pharmacy, LLC v. All Below, 773 S.E.2d 627 (W. Va. 2015). · cites it 2× “]”; Cal. Civ. Code § 3333.3 (West 1997) (“In any action for damages based on negligence, a person may not recover any damages if the plaintiff’s injuries were in any way proximately caused by the plaintiff’s commission of any felony, or immediate flight therefrom, and the…”
Yoshioka v. Superior Court of Los Angeles Cnty., 58 Cal. App. 4th 972 (Cal. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 2× “(Civ. Code, § 3333.3.) The voter's pamphlet reveals numerous interests the electorate considered in enacting this initiative.”
Honsickle v. Superior Court, 82 Cal. Rptr. 2d 36 (Cal. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 2× “1 Essentially, this initiative prohibits (1) recovery of any damages by a convicted felon for injuries caused in the commission of or flight from tiie felony (Civ. Code, § 3333.3) 2 and (2) recovery of noneconomic *759 damages by any drunk driver, uninsured driver or uninsured…”
Madrigal v. Allstate Ins. Co., 215 F. Supp. 3d 870 (C.D. Cal. 2016). “Proposition 213, codified at California Civil Code Sections 3333.3 and 3333.”
Jenkins v. Cnty. of Las Angeles, 88 Cal. Rptr. 2d 149 (Cal. Ct. App. 1999). “4 comprise “The Personal Responsibility Act of 1996,” approved by the voters at the November 5, 1996, General Election as Proposition 213.”
Espinosa v. Kirkwood, 185 Cal. App. 4th 1269 (Cal. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 4× “*1273 There is no dispute as to the facts that plaintiffs and defendant were coparticipants in the commission of a felony and there is no dispute that defendant was driving, with plaintiffs as passengers in a motor vehicle.”
Cabral v. L.A. Cty. Metro. Transp. Auth., 66 Cal. App. 4th 907 (Cal. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 2× “) *913 On November 5, 1996, Civil Code section 3333.4 and its companion, Civil Code section 3333.”
Cabral v. La Cnty. Metro. Transp. Auth., 78 Cal. Rptr. 2d 385 (Cal. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 2× “4 and its companion, Civil Code section 3333.3, [4] were added by initiative measure Proposition 213 entitled, The Personal Responsibility Act of 1996.”
Roldan v. Flores CA2/3 (Cal. Ct. App. 2016). “7 Civil Code section 3333.3 bars a plaintiff from recovering damages in a negligence action “if the plaintiff’s injuries were in any way proximately caused by 9 and 3333.”
Hartsell v. San Diego, Cnty. of (S.D. Cal. 2020). “) CAL. CIV. CODE § 3333.3 ) 12 COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO; SAN DIEGO ) COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF ) Trial Date: 9/28/20 @ 1:00 pm 13 TRENTON STROH; DOES 1-15, ) Courtroom 14A ) 14 Defendants.”
Greenwald v. Van Handel (Conn. 2014). “210 (2012) (precluding recovery for personal injury or death as result of, inter alia, commission of felony or operating vehicle or craft while under influence of alcohol or drugs); Cal. Civ. Code § 3333.3 (Deering 2005) (‘‘[i]n any action for damages based on negligence, a…”
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