Will the court (they apply the Hand Rule) find the Roads & Transportation Service negligent? Show your work.
ANS. When courts apply the Hand Rule that states where the cost (burden) of taking precautions, is lesser than the probability of loss together combined with the gravity of loss. Then it creates a duty of due care for the defendant., which here is Coquitlam city Roads & Transportation Service.
Damages ($10000) x Probability of Error with no stop sign (20%) > $1,250 overtime pay (cost of putting the sign)
$2000 > $1250
This creates a duty of service on the Coquitlam city Roads & Transportation Service.
Assume the following happened: One of the stop signs at the intersection of two Coquitlam roads...