What is the test for an allegation of gross negligence in a motor vehicle accident?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Ayala v. Cal. State Univ. Fresno, F068067 (Cal. App. 2014):
as a "mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect." ( 473, subd. (b).) Ordinarily, an error meets this standard if a reasonably prudent person placed in the same or similar circumstances might have made the same error. (Solv-All v. Superior Court (2005) 131 Cal.App.4th 1003, 1007.)
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