Is a claim for medical malpractice recoverable as economic damages?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Williams v. Pep Boys Manny Moe & Jack of Cal., 238 Cal.Rptr.3d 809, 27 Cal.App.5th 225 (Cal. App. 2018):
for treatment the injured person has paid or, having incurred, still owes the medical provider are recoverable as economic damages." ( Howell v. Hamilton Meats & Provisions, Inc. (2011) 52 Cal.4th 541, 551, 129 Cal.Rptr.3d 325, 257 P.3d 1130.)
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