How have courts interpreted language in a motor vehicle accident case?

The corollary is that "[l]anguage used in any opinion is of course to be understood in the light of the facts and the issue then before the court . . . . [Citations.]" (Ginns v. Savage (1964) 61 Cal.2d 520, 524, fn. 2.) In Carbajal, the defendant "was driving his car when he collided with an unoccupied vehicle, legally parked on the side of the road, causing damage to the parked car." (Carbajal, supra, 10 Cal.4th at p. 1119.) Further, the defendant "concede[d] [that] he 'committed a negligent act of driving that caused damage to [the victim's] parked car.' " (Id. at p. 1124.) Thus, in Carbajal, there was no damages issue.