"Reasonable care" means taking practical and sensible measures to prevent any harm or errors that could reasonably be expected or anticipated in a situation. It involves acting responsibly and prudently, considering the circumstances, to avoid any foreseeable risks or negligence.
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Employment background checks are important and are something employers have a right and an obligation to do in establishing their duty
of reasonable care in the hiring process.
You can be legally liable, however, if you didn't
use reasonable care in keeping the place safe.
The court found the business had a duty to exercise
reasonable care in providing reasonably safe premises when it knew or should have known of a risk on the premises.
Since you didn't act
with reasonable care by using a sign or cleaning up the spill, your company or you could be deemed negligent and liable.
The level of compensation that you can expect from your claim will depend on precisely what your employer has failed to do, in not taking
reasonable care for your safety.
Owners, officers, and directors also have the duty of care, the obligation to exercise
reasonable care when making decisions on behalf of the corporation.
If your loved one develops aspiration pneumonia because the nursing home failed to
provide reasonable care, then she could have a legal claim against the nursing home.
While the definition of negligence can be difficult to pin down, it has to do with fault and the lack of
reasonable care by the responsible party.
Specifically, malpractice occurs when a medical professional causes injuries by failing to use
reasonable care under the circumstances.
A driver who fails to exercise
reasonable care while driving and causes an accident, may be liable for the damages caused by the accident.
In order to assign liability, it must be determined if harm was foreseeable — or should have been anticipated — and
if reasonable care was taken.
Most car accidents are the result of negligence where one or both drivers fail to use
reasonable care on the road to avoid causing injury to themselves or others.
The duty of
reasonable care expects the insured person to act as though he is uninsured and exercise requisite caution.
When it comes to operating a vehicle, the standard of care requires drivers to use the
same reasonable care and skill that a prudent motorist would use.
For these visitors, the premises owner must correct or warn of dangers the owner knows or should know of
through reasonable care.
[168] It is obvious as a matter of common sense that such driving conduct was
without reasonable care for the safety of the cyclists and was negligent.
If medical personnel fail to provide you and your unborn child with
reasonable care during pregnancy and delivery, you may be entitled to compensation from those responsible for your child's death.
It should be noted, however, that reasonably anticipated alterations or modifications do not include changes that occur because the product was poorly maintained, and did not
receive reasonable care and maintenance.
A lawyer is required to
bring reasonable care, skill and knowledge to the performance of the professional service undertaken.1.
As a law that requires drivers to be careful in encounters with anyone they meet on the road, the duty of
reasonable care determines whether a taxi driver is liable for an injury.
Property owners are required to maintain their premises free from defects and are to warn of any known defects, but «
only reasonable care» is required.
Each state offers both requirements and opinions on
what reasonable care means in the context of cloud software.
By legal definition, negligence is the failure to
implement reasonable care; thereby, causing harm, damage, or injury to another person.
There are virtually an unlimited number of situations
where reasonable care can be put into practice — more than you might think.
What amounts to
reasonable care depends upon the conditions of the particular case and the manner of operation of the ride or device.
In general, cruise ships are considered «common carriers,» which means they are obligated to exercise a «special duty»
beyond reasonable care to their passengers.
Employment screening and background checks serve an important role in
demonstrating reasonable care in the hiring process, which is critical to managing employer risk and reducing the possibility of a catastrophic event.
It must be proven that the driver did something or failed to do something and that this constituted a failure to act
with reasonable care in the circumstances.
In addition to regulations requiring truck drivers and trucking companies to perform routine inspections and maintenance on their trucks, trucking companies must also use
reasonable care when hiring drivers.
It could be considered a breach of the driver's duty to passengers and other motorists to
use reasonable care while operating a motor vehicle.
As a general rule, a defendant violates a duty to a plaintiff by failing to exercise
reasonable care under the circumstances.
The customer sued the owner and the sales associates for failing to
exercise reasonable care by warning her of the staircase.
Nursing home neglect occurs whenever nursing home staff fails to
provide reasonable care to a resident and the resident is injured as a result.
In general, each motorist has a responsibility to drive with the
same reasonable care and skill that a prudent and cautious driver would use when facing a similar situation.
They must repair dangers or adequately warn of dangers they know about or should know about
through reasonable care.
Employers have a legal duty of care, which is an obligation of employers to adhere to a standard
of reasonable care when making employment decisions.
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