California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Gray, D073851 (Cal. App. 2018):
In People v. Harris (1975) 52 Cal.App.3d 419, the court examined the issue of foreseeability in the context of high-speed police chases. It held that death or injury as a result of such chases is reasonably foreseeable: "[I]t is manifest that defendant could reasonably foresee that his conduct would provoke pursuit by an officer in the performance of his duty [citation] and that it was probable that his conduct of fleeing from the officer at great speeds along city streets would result in a collision, either of his vehicle or that of the officer, with a pedestrian or a third vehicle." (Id. at p. 426, fn. 2.)
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