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Torts/Personal Injury

Mar. 22, 2024

Parental liability for minor child’s torts

Parents can be held liable for up to $25,000 for the injuries, death, or damage caused by their child’s willful misconduct.

Reza Torkzadeh

Founder and CEO, The Torkzadeh Law Firm

11601 Wilshire Blvd Ste 500
Los Angeles , CA 90025

Phone: (310) 935-1111

Email: reza@torklaw.com

Thomas Jefferson SOL; San Diego CA

www.torklaw.com

Reza's latest book is "The Lawyer as CEO."

Allen P. Wilkinson

Email: allenpwilkinson1955@gmail.com

Allen is a retired lawyer, with many years of experience involving personal injury and medical malpractice cases

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It is the well-settled rule in California that a parent (or guardian) is not liable for the torts of his minor child without participation in the fault by the parent: “This is only a cryptic way of saying that where the parent is without fault, he is not liable.” (Ellis v. D’Angelo (1953) 116 Cal. App. 2nd 310, 320; Weber v. Punyan (1937) 9 Cal. 2nd 226, 235.)

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