DIVISION 3.5. COSTS IN CIVIL ACTIONS RESULTING FROM ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS 800›PART 1. DEFINITIONS 810-811.9›ARTICLE 2. Liability of Public Entities 815-818.9

§ 815.2

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(a) A public entity is liable for injury proximately caused by an act or omission of an employee of the public entity within the scope of his employment if the act or omission would, apart from this section, have given rise to a cause of action against that employee or his personal representative.

(b) Except as otherwise provided by statute, a public entity is not liable for an injury resulting from an act or omission of an employee of the public entity where the employee is immune from liability.

(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1681.)

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