In Rufo v. Simpson (2001) 86 Cal.App.4th 573, the plaintiffs sued for the wrongful death of their murdered adult son, who was living independently away from the parents; the plaintiffs recovered $8.5 million in compensatory noneconomic damages. (Rufo, supra, 86 Cal.App.4th at pp. 613-614.) The court found the award was not excessive, rejecting the defendant's argument that the damages were excessive because the largest prior award defense counsel could find in California for noneconomic damages for the wrongful death of an adult child was $2 million. (Id. at pp. 615-616.)