What are the applicable rules on non-paying passengers? | 20 November 2024

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Alburo Law
November 20, 2024

This duty of extraordinary diligence applies regardless of whether the passenger pays a fare (as a paying passenger) or rides gratuitously (without charge). Nonetheless, the law also provides that when a passenger is carried gratuitously, a stipulation limiting the common carrier’s liability for negligence is valid, but not for wilful acts or gross negligence.

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