California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Miller v. Lakeside Village Condominium Assn., 1 Cal.App.4th 1611, 2 Cal.Rptr.2d 796 (Cal. App. 1991):
Accordingly, "[t]he extent of damage is not an element of a cause of action in tort, and the general rule is that the cause of action is complete on the sustaining of 'actual and appreciable harm,' on which the recoverable damages would be more than nominal." (Evans v. Eckelman (1990) 216 Cal.App.3d 1609, 1620, 265 Cal.Rptr. 605.)
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