Civil Conspiracy
By Schonauer Law
on Sep 23, 2015 at 06:31 AM in What Does it Mean
Civil Conspiracy
Under California law, civil conspiracy is a legal doctrine not an independent tort. The doctrine holds that each member of the conspiracy is directly responsible as a joint a wrongdoer even if he or she did not commit the actual wrongful act. A plaintiff may hold a defendant liable if he or she was harmed by the tortious conduct of a third party and the defendant and third-party had an agreement to commit a wrong (tort) against the plaintiff.