What case law exists that allows a defendant to be negligent per se in a motor vehicle accident?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from White v. Superior Court of State for the Cnty. of Los Angeles, B233360, Super. Ct. No. MC019871 (Cal. App. 2011):
12. The case law the court referred to was Hutchinson v. Miller & Lux, Inc. (1922) 60 Cal.App. 1. That case provides that a defendant may be negligent per se when there is evidence he or she violated a provision of the Vehicle Code. (Id. at p. 4.) As noted, Barkus did not present any such evidence in this case.
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