California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Haytasingh v. City of San Diego, 280 Cal.Rptr.3d 801, 66 Cal.App.5th 429 (Cal. App. 2021):
This doctrine is based on "the rule that a presumption of negligence arises from the violation of a statute which was enacted to protect a class of persons of which the plaintiff is a member against the type of harm that the plaintiff suffered as a result of the violation." ( Quiroz v. Seventh Ave. Center (2006) 140 Cal.App.4th 1256, 1285, 45 Cal.Rptr.3d 222.)
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