negligence
Conduct that falls below the standard of society.
In a law, negligence is a foundation of tort law. It is the failure to behave with the same care that a reasonable person would have used in the same circumstance. It contains five elements: harm to the plaintiff; the existence of a legal duty the defendant owed to the plaintiff; the defendant’s breach of that duty; the defendant’s actions are the proximate cause of the harm; and the defendant’s actions the cause-in-fact of the harm.
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