NEGLIGENCE

Negligence

Negligence is a failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in like circumstances. The area of tort law known as negligence involves harm caused by carelessness, not intentional harm.

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negligence

Noun

  1. The state of being negligent.
  2. The tort whereby a duty of reasonable care was breached, causing damage: any conduct short of intentional or reckless action that falls below the legal standard for preventing unreasonable injury.
  3. The breach of a duty of care: the failure to exercise a standard of care that a reasonable person would have in a similar situation.


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