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Cal. Civil Code § 3523 (2026)
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For every wrong there is a remedy.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 71
cases (6 in the last 5 years), 1944–2026 · leading case: Small v. Fritz Companies, Inc., 65 P.3d 1255 (Cal. 2003).
Small v. Fritz Companies, Inc., 65 P.3d 1255 (Cal. 2003). “) Denying a cause of action to persons who hold stock in reliance upon corporate misrepresentations reduces substantially the number of persons who can enforce corporate honesty. Finally, as this court said in Emery v.”
Intel Corp. v. Hamidi, 71 P.3d 296 (Cal. 2003). “As Bernard Witkin has written, "equitable relief is flexible and expanding, and the theory that `for every wrong there is a remedy' [Civ.Code, § 3523] may be invoked by equity courts to justify the invention of new methods of relief for new types of wrongs.”
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. v. Intel Corp., 885 P.2d 994 (Cal. 1994). “Equitable relief is by its nature flexible, and the maxim allowing a remedy for every wrong (Civ. Code, § 3523) has been invoked to justify the invention of new methods of relief for new types of wrongs.”
Peredia v. HR Mobile Servs., Inc., 236 Cal. Rptr. 3d 157 (Cal. Ct. App. 5th 2018). “" ( Civ. Code, § 3523.) Courts have interpreted this use of the term "wrong" to mean legal wrongs or those wrongs for which the law authorizes or sanctions redress, such as a tort.”
Barbara A. v. John G., 145 Cal. App. 3d 369 (Cal. Ct. App. 1983). “Basic Rule (5) It is a fundamental principle of our system of jurisprudence that for every legal wrong there is a remedy (Civ. Code, § 3523), and that an injured party should be compensated for all damage proximately caused by the wrongdoer unless a departure from the basic…”
Cnty. of San Luis Obispo v. Abalone All., 178 Cal. App. 3d 848 (Cal. Ct. App. 1986). “See Civil Code § 3523.” 2 F. Prayer. The relief requested in the second amended complaint is a money judgment against defendants jointly and severally for $2,981,000, plus interest, attorneys’ fees, costs and an injunction.”
Beckwith v. Dahl, 205 Cal. App. 4th 1039 (Cal. Ct. App. 2012). “” (Civ. Code, § 3523.) In addition, in California, “[e]very person is bound, without contract, to abstain from injuring the person or property of another, or infringing upon any of his or her rights.”
Desny v. Wilder, 299 P.2d 257 (Cal. 1956). “" [19] The law, however, is dedicated to the proposition that for every wrong there is a remedy (Civ. Code, § 3523) and for the sake of protecting one party it must not close the forum to the other.”
Gibson v. Gibson, 479 P.2d 648 (Cal. 1971). “We said: "Exceptions to the general principle of liability (Civ. Code, § 3523 [`For every wrong there is a remedy.”
Bowens v. Superior Court, 820 P.2d 600 (Cal. 1991). “, Kennard, J., Arabian, J., Baxter, J., and George, J.”
Amaya v. Home Ice, Fuel & Supply Co., 379 P.2d 513 (Cal. 1963). “" (Civ. Code, § 3523.) That aphorism "can obviously have no application to any but legal wrongs or those wrongs for which the law authorizes or sanctions redress.”
In re Tobacco Cases II, 240 Cal. App. 4th 779 (Cal. Ct. App. 2015). “) 11 Plaintiffs’ reliance on the maxim “[f]or every wrong there is a remedy” (Civ. Code, § 3523) is also misplaced. “[T]his statute does not create substantive rights or an unbounded right to damages.”
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