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Negligence

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-003376

The failure to exercise the degree of care that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in similar circumstances, resulting in harm to another. This legal concept forms the basis for many personal injury lawsuits. To establish negligence, a plaintiff must prove duty, breach of duty, causation, and damages.

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IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-003376
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "definition": "The failure to exercise the degree of care that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in similar circumstances, resulting in harm to another. This legal concept forms the basis for many personal injury lawsuits. To establish negligence, a plaintiff must prove duty, breach of duty, causation, and damages.",
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