What is the standard of care owed by a municipality to users of the road?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Aberdeen v. Township of Langley, Zanatta, Cassels, 2007 BCSC 993 (CanLII):
Langley submitted with respect to the duty of care owed by a municipality to users of the road that the appropriate standard of care is as stated in Fafard v. City of Quebec (1918), 1917 CanLII 69 (SCC), 55 S.C.R. 615, 39 D.L.R. 717 at 717: 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.
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