CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Relevance
......Evid. Affected by Extrinsic Policies
.........Liability Insurance
............Collateral Source Rule
6 Cards On This Topic:

Exception to collateral source rule: government or paid disability benefits.

Collateral source rule precludes certain deductions against otherwise recoverable damages, but does not expand the scope of economic damages to include expenses P never incurred.

Collateral source rule: evidence of liability insurance not admissible as collateral source.

P's receipt of collateral source benefits admissible if it has substantial probative value that P is malingerer.

Collateral source rule based upon policy.

Error to admit evidence of full amounts billed for Ps' medical care where it was not relevant to amount of damages for past medical services, future medical care or noneconomic damages.