Civil Code - CIV
DIVISION 4. GENERAL PROVISIONS [3274 - 9566]
( Heading of Division 4 amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 160, Sec. 16. )PART 1. RELIEF [3274 - 3428]
( Part 1 enacted 1872. )TITLE 2. COMPENSATORY RELIEF [3281 - 3361]
( Title 2 enacted 1872. )CHAPTER 2. Measure of Damages [[3300.] - 3361]
( Chapter 2 enacted 1872. )ARTICLE 2. Damages for Wrongs [3333 - 3343.7]
( Article 2 enacted 1872. )3333.
For the breach of an obligation not arising from contract, the measure of damages, except where otherwise expressly provided by this Code, is the amount which will compensate for all the detriment proximately caused thereby, whether it could have been anticipated or not.
(Enacted 1872.)