Does section 1431.2 of the California Civil Code prohibit damages under California Code of Civil Procedure section 877 from being calculated as "economic damages" rather than as damages for personal injury?
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The following excerpt is from Cozad v. Astrazeneca LP, Case No. 1:14-cv-02049-SKO (E.D. Cal. 2016):
California courts have interpreted California Civil Code section 1431.2 as limiting California Code of Civil Procedure section 877 to economic damages only. Id. at 1031-32 (citing Greathouse v. Amcord, Inc., 35 Cal. App. 4th 831, 838 (1995) ("It is now well established that
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