Questão jurídica principal
Whether the defendant acted negligently and was guilty of negligent serious bodily injury
Decisão extraída
The defendant failed to exercise the heightened caution required toward children and was therefore negligent.
Fundamentação extraída
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.