Legal Question in Personal Injury in California

Registered owner can always be sued.

Yes, but your liability is limited to no more than $15,000.00 for bodily injury and $5,000.00 for property damage if you're sued only for being the registered owner.

However, you could also be sued for "negligent entrustment" if there was some reason to believe your daughter shouldn't have been driving that day (for example, if she had been drinking, or was sick, etc.). Under that cause of action, there is no limit, the amount of liability would depend only on how much damage was caused.

If there were no injuries then it's likely a small impact and no lawyer will pick it up. The worst case scenario would be a small claims complaint. If the property damage was more than minor, however, I wouldn't be so sure that there were no injuries. Talk to your insurance about this incident. They will defend you. Also, don't forget to file an SR-1 form with the DMV.

Lastly, your daughter's age has nothing to do with it (except that it's good she wasn't a minor, makes a negligent entrustment claim less likely)