What is the standard of care for a defendant in a motor vehicle accident?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Hidalgo v. S. Cal. Rail Auth., B268534 (Cal. App. 2017):
In their appellate briefs, plaintiffs seek to impose a standard of care on defendants that is applicable to landowners generally. This is the wrong standard to apply here, however, because "[a] public entity may be liable for injuries caused by a dangerous condition of its property only as provided by statute." (Schonfeldt v. State of California (1998) 61 Cal.App.4th 1462, 1465 (Schonfeldt).)
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