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.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Negligence
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negligence
Noun
- The state of being negligent.
- 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.
- 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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