Is a school district liable for punitive damages under section 818 of the California Government Code?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Visalia Unified Sch. Dist. v. Superior Court of Tulare Cnty., 256 Cal.Rptr.3d 767, 43 Cal.App.5th 563 (Cal. App. 2019):
Government Code section 818, enacted in 1963, bars the imposition of punitive damages against "public entities," and applies "[n]otwithstanding any other provision of law." School districts are no doubt public entities and thus within the purview of the statute. ( Butt v. State of California (1992) 4 Cal.4th 668, 681, 15 Cal.Rptr.2d 480, 842 P.2d 1240.)
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