What is the test for good faith to be a defense in a personal injury action?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Threestar, 167 Cal.App.3d 747, 213 Cal.Rptr. 510 (Cal. App. 1985):
People v. Vineberg (1981) 125 Cal.App.3d 127, 138, 177 Cal.Rptr. 819, held that, "In the absence of some evidence from which it can be inferred that defendants' alleged belief in the lawfulness of their conduct was in good faith, the court was under no duty to instruct the jury that a good faith mistake of law constituted a defense to the action."
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