2014 California Code
Civil Code - CIV
DIVISION 1 - PERSONS
PART 1 - PERSONS WITH UNSOUND MIND
41

CA Civ Code § 41 (2014) What's This?

A person of unsound mind, of whatever degree, is civilly liable for a wrong done by the person, but is not liable in exemplary damages unless at the time of the act the person was capable of knowing that the act was wrongful.

(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 163, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1993. Operative January 1, 1994, by Sec. 161 of Ch. 163.)

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