California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from McCormack v. Pac. Gas & Elec. Co., H035217 (Cal. App. 2013):
self-insurer against those wrongs that any of its members may commit.' [Citations.]" (Calatayud v. State of California (1998) 18 Cal.4th 1057, 1062 (Calatayud).) "[P]ublic safety officers are compensated through public benefits for injuries sustained in the line of duty. If they were also permitted private recovery for those injuries, the public would in effect pay the bill twice: first through taxes and then from insurance. [Citations.]" (Yamaguchi v. Harnsmut (2003) 106 Cal.App.4th 472, 479-480.)
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