California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Code of Civil Procedure - CCP |
Part 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS |
Title 3. OF THE PARTIES TO CIVIL ACTIONS |
Chapter 4. Effect of Death |
ARTICLE 2. Survival and Continuation |
Section 377.20.
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(a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, a cause of action for or against a person is not lost by reason of the person's death, but survives subject to the applicable limitations period.
(b) This section applies even though a loss or damage occurs simultaneously with or after the death of a person who would have been liable if the person's death had not preceded or occurred simultaneously with the loss or damage.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 178, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 1993.)