CAJPA supports legislation that restricts, limits, or eliminates the liabilities of public agencies.  It opposes legislation that would increase the liability exposure of those same public agencies.

CAJPA Supports:

• The use of comparative negligence. 
• Abolishment of joint liability and affirming several liability. 
• Trial judges, not juries, establishing the level of punitive damage. 
• Establishing a realistic cap on general damages. 
• Allowing evidence of collateral sources of compensation for the same injury to be admissible in court. 
• Limitation or elimination of the amount of prejudgment interest. 
• Allowing public agencies to use periodic payments to satisfy judgments. 
• Dissuading the use of escalation features on large awards, even when periodic payments are permitted. 
• Restoring immunities for the condition of public improvements, which were safe when designed and constructed. 
• Enhancing immunities for public entities that provide, sponsor, or conduct recreational activities. 
• Ability of public agencies to obtain wrap-up insurance programs for public work projects. 
• The ability to transfer risk through contractual agreements.

(2007)