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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