Question juridique clé
Whether the defendant acted negligently and was guilty of negligent serious bodily injury
Solution extraite
The defendant failed to exercise the heightened caution required toward children and was therefore negligent.
Motifs extraits
Given the defendant's local knowledge and the child's age, the cyclist's rule-breaking was foreseeable. The court reaffirmed that the relevant question is whether the serious injury could have been avoided or lessened with proper care.