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Negligence (Lat. negligentia) is a
failure to
exercise appropriate and/or
ethical ruled care
expected to be
exercised amongst specified cir****stances....
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Gross negligence is the "lack of
slight diligence or care" or "a conscious,
voluntary act or
omission in
reckless disregard of a
legal duty and of the...
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Comparative negligence,
called non-absolute
contributory negligence outside the
United States, is a
partial legal defense that
reduces the
amount of damages...
- In
criminal law,
criminal negligence is an
offence that
involves a
breach of an
objective standard of
behaviour expected of a defendant. It may be contrasted...
- some
common law jurisdictions,
contributory negligence is a
defense to a tort
claim based on
negligence. If it is available, the
defense completely bars...
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suffered some kind of
injury due to the
negligence. In
other words, an
injury without negligence or an act of
negligence without causing any
injury cannot be...
- In the
United States, the
calculus of
negligence, also
known as the Hand rule, Hand formula, or BPL formula, is a term
coined by
Judge Learned Hand which...
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negligence Comparative negligence Contributory negligence Criminal negligence Excusable negligence Gross negligence Neglect Professional negligence in...
- form of
strict liability.
Negligence per se
means greater liability than
contributory negligence. In
order to
prove negligence per se, the
plaintiff usually...
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Comparative negligence: In
comparative negligence, the victim's
damages are
reduced according to the
degree of fault.
Comparative negligence has been criticised...