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What is negligence and what can happen because of your negligence?
Negligence, in the legal sense, is the tort or "civil wrong" in which an individual or entity acts in a irresponsible or negligent manner resulting in serious injury or death to another. As far as...
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What is negligence?
Being in the state of inertia for a long period of time.In order to qualify for the label "negligent," there must be activities or actions that are supposed to be enacted. There can be no negligence...
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Difference between Negligence and Gross Negligence?
I am not a lawyer, but in a recent discussion with my attourney she stated that the difference between simple and gross negligence was that "simple" was unintensional, showed no intent. "Gross"...
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What are the test for negligence?
In order to prove negligence you have to show:
Duty of care: the defendant must have had a reasonable duty to avoid causing injury to another. Breach of duty: the defendant failed to carry out...
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Compare and contrast Contributory negligence and Comparative Negligence?
Under both contributory and comparative negligence, the negligence of the defendant is not in doubt; it has been proved by the plaintiff. The basic difference between the two concepts is that...