Torts/Personal Injury
Mar. 22, 2024
Parental liability for minor child’s torts
Parents can be held liable for up to $25,000 for the injuries, death, or damage caused by their child’s willful misconduct.
Reza Torkzadeh
Founder and CEO
The Torkzadeh Law Firm
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Allen P. Wilkinson
Email: allenpwilkinson1955@gmail.com
Allen is a retired lawyer, with many years of experience involving personal injury and medical malpractice cases
It is the well-settled rule in California that a parent (or guardian) is not liable for the torts of his minor child without participation in the fault by the parent: “This is only a cryptic way of saying that where the parent is without fault, he is not liable.” (Ellis v. D’Angelo (1953) 116 Cal. App. 2nd 310, 320; Weber v. Punyan (1937) 9 Cal. 2nd 226, 235.)
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