What is the duty of a municipality to keep its roads in a reasonably safe condition?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Friedrich v. Shea, 2008 BCSC 1243 (CanLII):
The duty on a municipality does not render it an insurer of those that use its roads. The duty was expressed by in Fafard v. Quebec (City) (1918), 1917 CanLII 69 (SCC), 39 D.L.R. 717 at p. 718 as follows: A municipal corporation is not an insurer of travellers using its streets; its duty is to use reasonable care to keep its streets in a reasonably safe condition for ordinary travel by persons exercising ordinary care for their own safety. (emphasis added)
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