Negligence

Negligence is a civil wrong that takes place when a person fails to demonstrate conduct up to what is considered the reasonable person standard. When a person's actions are found to be in violation of this standard and their actions cause damages to another person, they may have committed negligence — if they have fulfilled other requirements for negligence. First, the person should have some duty of care owed to the person they injured. For example, the driver of a car has a duty to other drivers to drive safely and respect the rules of the road. They then must breach that duty in violation of the reasonable person standard. If their breach causes injuries to another person and harm was foreseeable with such an action, then, provided all the other elements are true, they have committed negligence. Furthermore, if the specific foreseeability of the injury caused was so obvious it was relatively certain, gross negligence has been committed.

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  • the majority of car accidents can be avoided if additional care was used

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