California injury laws
Civil Code § 1714: the general duty of care
Everyone is responsible for injuries caused by their lack of ordinary care or skill in managing their property or themselves, except to the extent the injured person brought the injury on themselves. This is the foundation for most negligence and premises liability claims in California.
What the law says
Everyone is responsible for injuries caused by their lack of ordinary care or skill in managing their property or themselves, except to the extent the injured person brought the injury on themselves.
Official text (excerpt)
Everyone is responsible, not only for the result of his or her willful acts, but also for an injury occasioned to another by his or her want of ordinary care or skill in the management of his or her property or person
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Why it matters in an injury claim
This is the foundation for most negligence and premises liability claims in California.
Related pages
- Premises liabilityFalls and injuries on unsafe stores, apartments and public property.
- Injury casesHow injury claims work and the deadlines that apply.
- Slip and fall in stores and restaurantsSpills, notice and evidence when a customer falls at a business.
- Apartment and rental property injuriesLandlord duties to tenants and guests: repairs, inspections, security and dogs.
- Events, venues and amusement ridesGuest injuries at events and venues, and California's ride safety rules.
- Hotels, resorts and rentalsDuty of care, hotel pools and what to do before you check out.
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