No water corporation which has undertaken to provide fire protection service, nor any employee of such corporation acting in the course and scope of his employment, shall be liable for any death or injury to a person or damage to or loss of property resulting from a failure to provide or maintain an adequate water supply or pressure, or any equipment or other fire protection facility or service; provided, that such immunity from liability shall not exceed that of a public agency or any of its employees, as the case may be, under similar circumstances. Nothing in this section shall preclude the enforcement of any rule, regulation, or order of the commission.
Cal. Pub. Util. Code § 774
Equipment, Practices, and Facilities
Known as the Public Utilities Act
The act spans §§ 201–2120 (1,026 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 34 Cal. App. 3d 802 - Stuart v. Crestview Mutual Water Co. (1973)
Most recently applied in 57 Cal. App. 4th 1490 - Valley Title Co. v. San Jose Water Co. (September 1997)
Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 663.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.