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At least in US there's a pedestrian's duty of care that's involved in determinations like this. A pedestrian could be found guilty of negligence and the burden
by joecool1029 7y ago
At least in US there's a pedestrian's duty of care that's involved in determinations like this. A pedestrian could be found guilty of negligence and the burden shifts to them partially or in full depending on the state and the exact circumstances. Examples could include intentionally running into traffic, attempting to disrupt traffic, or even things like ignoring walk signals. However, in the last case it's unlikely that would relieve a driver of their duty of care as they'd still be in a crosswalk, it would just usually reduce the portion of their liability and move some onto the pedestrian... in some places (like NY). That type of scenario probably would have played out in this case for the states that have compensatory systems, but I'm really not 100% sure once it involves death.
I think even Russia has this situation covered if you can prove on a camera that someone intentionally jumped out in front of you. It's just way less open to interpretation by the court.