Cal. Codes » Government Code / TITLE 1. GENERAL / DIVISION 3.6. CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES / PART 2. LIABILITY OF PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES / CHAPTER 1. General Provisions Relating to Liability / ARTICLE 4. Indemnification of Public Employees
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Cal. Government Code § 825.4 (2026)

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Except as provided in Section 825.6, if a public entity pays any claim or judgment against itself or against an employee or former employee of the public entity, or any portion thereof, for an injury arising out of an act or omission of the employee or former employee of the public entity, he is not liable to indemnify the public entity.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1986–2019 · leading case: Westport Ins. Corp. v. California Cas. Mgt., 916 F.3d 769 (9th Cir. 2019).
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Westport Ins. Corp. v. California Cas. Mgt., 916 F.3d 769 (9th Cir. 2019). · cites it 3× “California Casualty asserted that California Government Code § 825.4, which prohibits public entities from seeking indemnification from its employees, barred Westport’s lawsuit because the administrators were public employees, and therefore, the District must defend and pay the…”
Gov't Employees Ins. v. Gibraltar Cas. Co., 184 Cal. App. 3d 163 (Cal. Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 2× “(Gov. Code, §§ 825.4, 825.6.) That Insurance Code section 11580.”
Westport Ins. Corp. v. California Cas. Mgmt. Co., 249 F. Supp. 3d 1164 (N.D. Cal. 2017). “In addition, California Government Code section 825.4 states that “if a public entity pays any claim or judgment against itself or against an employee or former employee of the public entity, or any portion thereof, for an injury arising out of an act or omission of the employee…”
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