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RESOLUTION NO. 85-122
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, ENDORSING
THE "FAIR RESPONSIBILITY ACT OF 1986
WHEREAS, the present joint and several liability law, also known as
the "Deep Pocket Doctrine," has unfairly cost the cities 'of California mil-
lions of dollars in court judgments, settlements, legal costs, skyrocketing
insurance premiums, and difficulty in obtaining adequate liability insurance
coverage; and
WHEREAS, this same doctrine has also cost other governmental bodies,
business firms and professionals many millions of dollars; and
WHEREAS, ultimately this cost is unfairly borne.by the taxpayers and
consumers of California; and
WHEREAS, many cities, other governmental bodies, business firms and
pr. ofessionals are selected as defendants in lawsuits merely because of their
perceived assets or insurance and often are found only fractionally at fault
but must pay most or all of the judgment because the defendants most at fault
cannot pay; and
WHEREAS, the cost of this
consumers of California; and
is unfairly borne by the taxpayers and
WHEREAS, the "Fair Responsibility Act of 1986" is an initiative
measure that would give the voters of California an opportunity to reform the
inequities and injustices of the "Deep Pocket Doctrine" by holding liability
lawsuit defendants financially liable in closer proportion to their degree of
fault,
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Tustin, California,
hereby endorses the "Fair Responsibility Act of 1986" to relieve the financial
strain imposed on local government and its taxpayers.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council
City of Tustin, California, on December 2, 1985.
of the
MAYOR .......
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) §
CITY OF TUSTIN )
MARY E. WYNN, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of
Tustin, California, does hereby certify that the whole number of the members of
the City Council of 'the City of Tustin is five; that the above and foregoing
Resolution No. 8B-122 was duly and regularly introduced, passed and adopted at a
regular meeting of' the City Council held on the 2d day of December, 1985, by the
following vote'
AYES · COUNCILPERSONS' Edgar, Greinke, Hoesterey, Kennedy, Saltarelli
NOES · COUNCILPERSONS' None
ABSENT' COUNCILPERSONS' None
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City of Tu~in' California