Sentences with phrase «ordinarily prudent person»

A person is negligent if he fails to act as an ordinarily prudent person would act under the circumstances.
Negligence refers to a party's failure to act in a way that an ordinarily prudent person would act under the circumstances to prevent an unreasonable risk of harm.
The standard of care of a driver is not one of perfection, but rather whether the driver acted in a manner in which an ordinarily prudent person would act.

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According to long standing case law, negligence is defined as the failure to do what a reasonable and prudent person would ordinarily have done under the circumstances — or doing what a reasonable and prudent person would not have done under the circumstances.
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