How have courts interpreted the term "person" and "personally" in relation to liability?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Rener, 24 Cal.App.4th 258, 29 Cal.Rptr.2d 392 (Cal. App. 1994):

Additionally, in People v. Rodriguez (1990) 219 Cal.App.3d 688, 268 Cal.Rptr. 581 this court cited Reed when we identified "person" and "personally" as accepted words of legal art meaning direct, not vicarious, liability. (Id. at p. 693, 268 Cal.Rptr. 581.) 5

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