Legal Opinion
Lockhart v. County of Los Angeles
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 4, 2007No. B188674PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CROSKEY, J.
Government Code section 854.8 provides immunity to public entities for injuries to inpatients of mental institutions. Government Code section 855 creates an exception to this liability for injuries “proximately caused by the failure of the public entity to provide adequate or sufficient equipment, personnel or facilities required by any statute or any regulation of the State Department of Health Services,[ 1 ] Social Services, Developmental Services, or Mental Health prescribing minimum standards for equipment, personnel or facilities . . . .” In this case, we consider which…
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