California Government Code Code Section 815.6

government code

general

claims and actions against public entities and public employees

liability of public entities and public employees

general provisions relating to liability

scope of part

- liability of public entities
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liability of public employees

indemnification of public employees

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Section: 815.6

Where a public entity is under a mandatory duty imposed by an enactment that is designed to protect against the risk of a particular kind of injury, the public entity is liable for an injury of that kind proximately caused by its failure to discharge the duty unless the public entity establishes that it exercised reasonable diligence to discharge the duty.