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title: "List unpaid care claimed as detriment and record that no statutory threshold was opened"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/check-a-claim-for-gratuitous-attendant-care-against-the-statutory-thresh/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A21-SB20261022-3-US"
practice_area: "Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# List unpaid care claimed as detriment and record that no statutory threshold was opened

> From the care notes the lawyer supplies, list who provided the care, the hours, and whether the care was paid. Do not apply a threshold and do not value the care.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/check-a-claim-for-gratuitous-attendant-care-against-the-statutory-thresh/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | From the care notes the lawyer supplies, list who provided the care, the hours, and whether the care was paid. Do not apply a threshold and do not value the care. |
| What the lawyer must review | California Civil Code § 3333 measures tort damages, except where the Code expressly provides otherwise, as the amount which will compensate for all the detriment proximately caused, whether it could have been anticipated or not. Section 1714(a) is the ordinary-care section under which that liability can arise. Neither opened section states an hours threshold, a weekly cap, or a bar on unpaid care. You decide whether unpaid care is detriment proximately caused and what it is worth. Do not import a gratuitous-care threshold from an Australian civil liability statute. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Check a claim for gratuitous attendant care against the statutory threshold](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/check-a-claim-for-gratuitous-attendant-care-against-the-statutory-thresh.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: From the care notes the lawyer supplies, list who provided the care, the hours, and whether the care was paid. Do not apply a threshold and do not value the care.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Another state, or another California section, may limit household-services evidence. Open it before you apply a number.
- Collateral-source treatment of paid care is not in § 3333.

## Sources

- [California Civil Code § 3333, measure of damages for breach of a non-contractual obligation](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV&sectionNum=3333.) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [California Civil Code § 1714, responsibility for willful acts and for want of ordinary care](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV&sectionNum=1714.) (checked 2026-10-22)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*