2011 California Code
Code of Civil Procedure
PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS [307 - 1062.20]
ARTICLE 2. Survival and Continuation
Section 377.20
(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.)
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