Within two years: An action for assault, battery, or injury to, or for the death of, an individual caused by the wrongful act or neglect of another.
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 335.1
The Time of Commencing Actions Other Than for the Recovery of Real Property
Applied in 102 court decisions — leading case Graham County Soil & Water Conservation District v. United States Ex Rel. Wilson (2005)
Most recently applied in John P. Middleton v. The Hollywood Reporter LLC (May 2025)
Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 448, Sec. 2
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.