What is the state's liability for damages when the exercise of governmental functions in the operation of a motor vehicle results in injury to its citizens?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Marshall v. Los Angeles County, 131 Cal.App.2d 812, 281 P.2d 544 (Cal. App. 1955):
In the enactment of Section 400 of the Vihicle Code the state imposed liability for damages when the exercise of governmental functions in the operation of motor vehicles results in injury to its people. Lossman v. City of Stockton, 6 Cal.App.2d 324, 44 P.2d 397.
It was designed to end the common-law rule of governmental non-liability so far as the operation of motor vehicles by public agencies is concerned. Willoughby v. Zylstra, 5 Cal.App.2d 297, 42 P.2d 685.
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