If the actions cause injury of the kind the statute was designed to protect against,and if the person who is injured is within the group of people the statute was designed to protect,then the defendant is presumed negligent.

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This is known as the "negligence per se" doctrine, which creates a presumption of negligence when a defendant violates a statute or regulation that was designed to prevent the type of harm that occurred and the plaintiff is a member of the specific group the statute was meant to protect.

If the Actions Cause Injury of the Kind the Statute