Lege TREND. Eminent Domain Comes with Higher Legal Liability for Using it

Recall all the headlines about California utilities going bankrupt because of liability for the wildfires? The liability is high because the utilities have strict liability

So legal mumbo jumbo, strict liability, aside the California utilities have strict liability because they have the power of eminent domain. 

Why the strict liability tied to eminent domain? The policy idea is that if the companies have the  power to take a person’s land they should be liable for the harm that is caused there.

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