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The old flat MICRA cap is stale for 2026 prep

For 2026 prep, stop answering from the old flat $250,000 MICRA cap and switch to the AB 35 schedule framing.

Last verified March 24, 2026

Credentialed re-verification pending — this note is cited to its primary sources below and is not represented as reviewer-approved.

What changed

AB 35 replaced the old flat $250,000 MICRA noneconomic-damages cap with a rising schedule. If your prep still treats the old flat number as the current California answer, that prep is stale.

Why it matters for exam prep

  • MICRA is one of the easiest stale-headline traps because the old number was memorized so widely.
  • Current California prep should frame MICRA as an updated schedule, not a frozen historical figure.

What to purge from old summaries

  • "MICRA is still a flat $250,000."

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