What is negligence?
Negligence is the failure to use reasonable due care to avoid a foreseeable injury to a person, place or thing. If you are negligent and your negligence results in injury to another person to whom you owe a “duty of care”, you may be liable for payment of damages arising from any injuries caused resulting from your negligence. A person may be considered “careless” or negligent if he or she fails to meet the standard of due care that is called for in a particular situation. The law generally requires that an individual exercise the same level of “due care” that a reasonable person would exercise under similar circumstances. This is referred to as the “reasonable person” or “reasonable man” standard. |
