California Codes, Civil Code - CIV, Division 4 — General Provisions, Part 1 — Relief, Title 2 — Compensatory Relief, Chapter 2 — Measure of Damages, Article 2 — Damages for Wrongs, Section 3333.3

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.

Notes

Bars a plaintiff in a negligence damages action from recovering any damages when the plaintiff’s injuries were proximately caused in any way by the plaintiff’s commission of a felony or immediate flight from it and the plaintiff has been duly convicted of that felony. Both causation and a felony conviction are required for the bar.

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