Does the collateral source rule apply to damages for mental distress under Waite v Godfrey?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Kardly v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 207 Cal.App.3d 479, 255 Cal.Rptr. 40 (Cal. App. 1989):
Neither are we persuaded that the collateral source rule does not apply to damages for mental distress under Waite v. Godfrey (1980) 106 Cal.App.3d 760, 163 Cal.Rptr. 881.
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