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.
Not exact matches
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.