Plaintiff and appellant Jack McCormick filed a complaint for damages against defendant and respondent San Pedro Bait Company (San Pedro) alleging negligence. He did not ask anyone from San Pedro to provide him with tools, equipment, or gear, and San Pedro did not do so. McCormick asserted that San Pedro's negligent failure to cover or barricade deck openings affirmatively contributed to his accident and that San Pedro supplied McCormick with an unsafe and defective bait barge. The court sustained objections to Stoller's statements that he had reviewed relevant safety standards, San Pedro rendered the barge unsafe for McCormick, the unsafe conditions caused the accident, and San Pedro violated safety regulations. Because San Pedro did not affirmatively contribute to McCormick's injuries, the safety regulations do not expand San Pedro's duty to McCormick.

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