What is the test for a statement of damages in a personal injury action?

There is need for a statement of damages as provided in section 425.11 because under section 425.10, ² a complaint for personal injury or wrongful death cannot state the amount of damages claimed, the reason being "to protect defendants in personal injury and wrongful death actions from adverse publicity resulting from prayers in complaints, particularly malpractice complaints, for greatly inflated damage claims bearing little relation to reasonable expectations of recovery." (Plotitsa v. Superior Court (1983) 140 Cal.App.3d 755, 759, 189 Cal.Rptr. 769.) The statement of damages therefore gives the defendant the information on the amount claimed which he or she cannot find in the complaint.