1654A The firefighter's rule (primary assumption of the risk) prevents a tow truck operator from recovering against a vehicle owner whose negligent failure to maintain his vehicle caused it to require a tow and resulted in the tow truck driver's presence on the shoulder of a freeway, where he was struck and injured by another vehicle.CitationDYER v SUPERIOR COURT (Tow Truck) 56 CA4 61 [See: Giorgi v PG&E 262 CA2 355; Knight v Jewett 3 C4 296, T/AT 10/92; Holland v Crumb 26 CA4 1844, T/AT 9/94; Bryant v Glastetter 32 CA4 770, T/AT 3/95; Neighbarger v Irwin 8 C4 532, T/AT 11/94; Herrle v Est of Marshall 45 CA4 1761, T/AT 7/96]
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