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ARAMBULA v. WELLS

Nos. G023337, G023921.

85 Cal.Rptr.2d 584 (1999)

72 Cal.App.4th 1006

Michael ARAMBULA, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Phyllis Hauser WELLS, Defendant and Respondent. Diane Arambula, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Phyllis Hauser Wells, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Three.

Review Denied September 1, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Walter Greene, Jr., and Walter Greene, Jr., Laguna Beach, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Gilbert, Kelly, Crowley & Jennett, Albert P. Di Rocco, Jr., Jennifer M. Damon and Warren S. Fujimoto, Orange, for Defendant and Respondent.

Certified for Partial Publication.*

OPINION

CROSBY, J.

Charity begins at home. And there it should stay, assuming the donor so intended. To promote the charitable impulse, we apply the collateral source rule to gratuitous payments (including moneys to cover lost wages) by family or friends to assist tort victims through difficult times.

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In June 1996, Michael Arambula was injured in a rear-end automobile...

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