The following excerpt is from Storke v. St. Johnsbury Trucking Co., 443 F.2d 89 (2nd Cir. 1971):
1 Of course, mere violation of a statute does not constitute proof of negligence where the plaintiff is not within the class sought to be protected by the statute. See Dervin v. Frenier, 91 Vt. 398, 100 A. 760 (1917).
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