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MICRA Manual

January 1, 2025

Horvitz & Levy’s 2025 MICRA Manual, in a searchable PDF format, is available by clicking the hyperlink.

The MICRA Manual is a comprehensive analysis of California law concerning the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act of 1975, as amended by the historic 2022 AB-35 amendments. The MICRA Manual is persuasive authority that is cited to and by California appellate courts. (See Salgado v. County of Los Angeles (1998) 19 Cal.4th 629, 649, fn. 7; Hrimnak v. Watkins (1995) 38 Cal.App.4th 964, 984, fn. 1 (conc. opn. of Davis, Acting P.J.); Atkins v. Strayhorn (1990) 223 Cal.App.3d 1380, 1393, fn. 8. The PDF file is large and may take a few minutes to load. Once the PDF has loaded, click Bookmarks to view the table of contents.

Comments and questions regarding the MICRA Manual should be directed to Tom Watson and Lacey Estudillo, who currently co-edit the MICRA Manual.

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