Section 21404.1 Of Chapter 3. Regulation Of Aeronautics From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 9. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 3.
21404.1
. (a) The liability of an owner, bailee of an owner, or
personal representative of a decedent imposed by Section 21404 and
not arising through the relationship of principal and agent or master
and servant is limited to the amount of fifteen thousand dollars
($15,000) for the death of or injury to one person in any one
accident and, subject to the limit as to one person, is limited to
the amount of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) for the death of or
injury to more than one person in any one accident and is limited to
the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000) for damage to property
of others in any one accident.
(b) An owner, bailee of an owner, or personal representative of a
decedent is not liable under this section for damages imposed for the
sake of example and by way of punishing the operator of the
aircraft. Nothing in this subdivision makes an owner, bailee of an
owner, or personal representative immune from liability for damages
imposed for the sake of example and by way of punishing him for his
own wrongful conduct.