{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-820.8","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 820.8","heading":"","body":"Except as otherwise provided by statute, a public employee is not liable for an injury caused by the act or omission of another person. Nothing in this section exonerates a public employee from liability for injury proximately caused by his own negligent or wrongful act or omission.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 1. GENERAL [100. - 7931.000.]","DIVISION 3.6. CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES [810. - 998.3.]","PART 2. LIABILITY OF PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES [814. - 895.8.]","CHAPTER 1. General Provisions Relating to Liability [814. - 827.]","ARTICLE 3. Liability of Public Employees [820. - 823.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"5d31838aef9839c1909eb94b1487469d408b27c1e605a8ca3ed8f667276b8917","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-820.6","next":"us-ca/gov-820.9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}