California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Gordon v. ARC Mfg., Inc., 256 Cal.Rptr.3d 820, 43 Cal.App.5th 705 (Cal. App. 2019):
The duty to use reasonable care to avoid injuring others normally extends to those engaged in hazardous work. For example, highway workers who face the occupational hazard of working in traffic may recover for injuries caused by a third party's negligent driving. ( Neighbarger v. Irwin Industries, Inc. (1994) 8 Cal.4th 532, 536, 34 Cal.Rptr.2d 630, 882 P.2d 347 ( Neighbarger ).) This is because the roadworker's task is to fix the road, not to face oncoming traffic.
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