Is there any case law where a plaintiff was injured by a driver who drove the wrong way down a one-way street at 90 miles per hour?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Fuller v. Dep't of Transp., 251 Cal.Rptr.3d 549, 38 Cal.App.5th 1034 (Cal. App. 2019):

LaChance's conduct was reckless and just as unforeseeable as a wrong-way driver. (See, e.g., Chowdhury v. City of Los Angeles (1995) 38 Cal.App.4th 1187, 1196, 45 Cal.Rptr.2d 657 [no foreseeability "that irresponsible drivers will race 100 miles per hour down a highway or drive the wrong way down a one-way street, in violation of the traffic laws"].) "As one court has observed, any property can be dangerous if used in a sufficiently improper manner. For this reason, a public entity is only required to provide roads that are safe for reasonably foreseeable careful use. [Citation.]" ( Ibid. ) " Thus, a public entity should not be liable for injuries resulting from the use of a highway safe for use at 65 at 90 miles an hour, even though it

[251 Cal.Rptr.3d 558]

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