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12/24/2008
Ed VanDorn
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The Elements of Negligence

Negligence is the failure to exercise reasonable care with harm resulting. Reasonable care is generally defined by what the average person in our society would do or not do under the same circumstances. In a civil case, such as a personal injury case, including automobile accident cases, medical malpractice cases, product liability cases and premises liability cases to name a few,  there are specific elements of negligence that must  be established to make the case. . These elements are “duty”, “breach”, “causation”, and “damages” and are explained in more detail in the article on our website. To continue go here




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