“Injury” means death, injury to a person, damage to or loss of property, or any other injury that a person may suffer to his person, reputation, character, feelings or estate, of such nature that it would be actionable if inflicted by a private person.
Cal. Gov. Code § 810.8
DEFINITIONS
Known as the Government Claims Act
The act spans §§ 810–998 (301 sections).
Applied in 12 court decisions — leading case 2 Cal. 4th 962 - Aubry v. Tri-City Hospital District (1992)
Most recently applied in 222 Cal. App. 4th 1469 - City of Clovis v. County of Fresno (January 2014)
Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1681.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.