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05424� RESOLUTION NO. 542 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROLLING HILLS, CALIFORNIA ENDORSING THE "FAIR RESPONSIBILITY ACT OF 1986" AND URGING ITS SUPPORT AND PASSAGE WHEREAS, the present joint and several liability law, also - known as the "Deep Pocket Doctrine", has unfairly cost the cities of California millions 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 a bodies, business firms and professionals many millions of dollars; and WHEREAS, ultimately this cost is unfairly borne by the tax- payers and consumers of California; and WHEREAS, many cities, other governmental bodies, business firms and professionals 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 is unfairly borne by the taxpayers and consumers of California; 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 be it RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Rolling Hills endorse the "Fair Responsibility Act of 1986" and urge its support and passage to relieve the financial strain imposed on local govern- ment and its taxpayers. . READ AND ADOPTED at 9th day of December, 1985 by members of said City Council. ATTEST: Rolling Hills, California, on this a majority vote of the duly elected Mayor City Cle I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 542 was adopted by _ the City Council of the City of Rolling Hills at a regular meeting on December 9, 1985 by.the following vote AYES: Councilmembers Leeuwenburgh, Murdock, Pernell, Swanson Mayor Heinsheimer NOES: None ABSENT: None