Dawn Colossi, Daydreaming While Slowly Backing Out from Her Driveway

question 94

Essay

Dawn Colossi, daydreaming while slowly backing out from her driveway, failed to look both ways.
Archie Monk, racing down the street in his hot Corvette, slammed into Dawn's right rear quarter panel. Archie was looking at his tachometer just before the crash. Archie's shoulder harness was fastened, so he suffered no injury, but his Corvette was smashed. Dawn, her seatbelt lying on the seat beside her, was seriously injured. Is Monk liable to Colossi for damages suffered?

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Definitions:

Paul Revere's Engraving

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