Case Studies
Real cases showing how California’s liability laws leave taxpayers footing the bill.
The cases
California’s liability laws can reward reckless behavior, inflate payouts, and leave taxpayers paying for harm overwhelmingly caused by someone else. These cases show how the rules work in practice.
Dangerous public property + joint and several liability
A drug-impaired wrong-way driver caused a catastrophic crash. The City was assigned 27% of the fault but faced exposure far beyond its share.
Uncapped non-economic damages + comparative fault
An impaired driver crashes their vehicle on a rain-soaked freeway, and the Jury awards $21 million.
Pure comparative negligence
A pedestrian found equally responsible for his own injury still collected more than $3 million from the City of Los Angeles.
