Year in Review Column,
Government,
California Supreme Court
Dec. 7, 2023
California Supreme Court decisions interpreting Government Claims Act immunities
It is significant that in the 60th anniversary year of the act, the California Supreme Court rendered four decisions setting forth landmark interpretations of Government Claim Act immunities.
Daniel P. Barer
Pollak, Vida & Barer
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UC Hastings COL; San Francisco CA
2023 is a momentous year for the Government Claims Act, Government Code section 810 et seq. The Legislature passed the act (formerly known as the Tort Claims Act) 60 years ago, in 1963. The object of the act was to abolish all common law and judicially devised forms of public entity liability, except as required under the state or federal constitution. See Legislative Committee Comments to Government Code section 815. To that end, Part 2 o...
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