KING v. WILLMETT

















Filed 8/9/10













CERTIFIED
FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION^*





IN THE COURT OF
APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE
DISTRICT

(Sacramento)

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MICHAEL KING, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CAROL WILLMETT, Defendant and Respondent.

C059236 (Super. Ct. No. 06AS02165)

STORY CONTINUE
FROM PART I….





In Government Code section 985 (section 985), the
Legislature has addressed the application of the collateral source rule to
public defendants in personal injury or wrongful death actions. Section 985 retains the evidentiary portion
of the collateral source rule by expressly prohibiting the introduction of any
evidence of collateral source payments at trial. (§ 985, subd.
(b).) â€