Sections
6 entriesSection 377.30Allows a surviving cause of action belonging to a decedent to pass to the decedent’s successor in interest, subject to the referenced…Section 377.31Requires the court, on motion after the death of a person who commenced an action or proceeding, to allow any pending matter…Section 377.32Requires a decedent's successor in interest who commences or continues an action to file a sworn affidavit or declaration stating specified death,…Section 377.33Allows the court hearing an action commenced or continued under this article to issue any party-related order appropriate for proper administration of…Section 377.34Limits survival damages generally to losses incurred before death, penalties, and punitive or exemplary damages, excluding pain, suffering, and disfigurement. Those excluded…Section 377.35Establishes that, on or after January 1, 1993, the article applies to commencing an action the decedent could have brought and to…