California now shields vaccine administrators from most civil liability when giving state‑required immunizations, unless their actions rise to gross negligence or willful misconduct.
“Notwithstanding any other law, a person shall not be liable for any injury caused by an act or omission in prescribing, dispensing, ordering, furnishing, or in the administration of a vaccine or other immunizing agent, including the residual effects of the vaccine or immunizing agent, if the immunization is required by state law, administered in …