What is the test for a jury to award a special verdict in a motor vehicle accident case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Morales v. Harris, G057729 (Cal. App. 2020):
David v. Hernandez (2014) 226 Cal.App.4th 578 (David), is instructive. In that case, appellants brought a negligence action against a truck driver after their car collided with his tractor-trailer. (Id. at p. 581.) The jury returned a special verdict
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