Wrongful Death

On January 1, 2026, things changed in the landscape for California medical malpractice cases. Injured patients and families can now recover much more in non-economic damages than they could before. The Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) caps were changed and will continue to increase through 2033. This means there is more compensation available than…

For the last four years, California Senate Bill 447 expanded the damages recoverable in a survival action. During that brief window, the survival action permitted recover of pre-death pain and suffering, as well as disfigurement. Before that, this was never allowed. SB 447 allowed a brief window that required the legislature to extend it before…