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Cal. Gov. Code § 895.2

Tort Liability Under Agreements Between Public Entities

Known as the Government Claims Act

The act spans §§ 810–998 (301 sections).

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 464 F. Supp. 1104 - Boxall v. Sequoia Union High School District (1979)

Most recently applied in 667 F. Supp. 2d 1184 - D.K. Ex Rel. G.M. v. Solano County Office of Education (October 2009)

Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1681.

How often courts cite this section

1977198019902000200910
citing decisions per year

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.

Whenever any public entities enter into an agreement, they are jointly and severally liable upon any liability which is imposed by any law other than this chapter upon any one of the entities or upon any entity created by the agreement for injury caused by a negligent or wrongful act or omission occurring in the performance of such agreement.

Notwithstanding any other law, if a judgment is recovered against a public entity for injury caused in the performance of an agreement, the time within which a claim for such injury may be presented or an action commenced against any other public entity that is subject to the liability determined by the judgment under the provisions of this section begins to run when the judgment is rendered.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.