Decedent's husband brought a wrongful death action alleging
ordinary negligence as well as corporate liability on the part of the hospital (decedent received surgery and emergency care at the same facility).
Not exact matches
In relation to damage / loss caused by
ordinary negligence, Koch Media shall only be liable insofar
as the matter relates to a breach of material contractual duties.
Defined
as a lack of
ordinary care,
negligence refers to the absence of the level of attention that would be considered
as reasonably sensible and cautious.
Negligence is defined
as a violation of a standard of care that any
ordinary person would take to ensure otherâ $ ™ s safety.
California defines «
negligence»
as actions or inactions which show a, «want of
ordinary care or skill in the management of his or her property or person.»
«
Negligence» should be understood in an untechnical way to denote failure to act with the competence reasonably expected or ordinary members of the profession, but an applicant for a wasted costs order had as high a burden as in an action for n
Negligence» should be understood in an untechnical way to denote failure to act with the competence reasonably expected or
ordinary members of the profession, but an applicant for a wasted costs order had
as high a burden
as in an action for
negligencenegligence.
the conduct which qualifies
as ordinary care when deciding a
negligence action are those commensurate with the responsibility involved
as a pedestrian
as opposed to a driver and depend on the instrumentality being used or the act being performed
as related to all of the surrounding circumstances of the accident.
Therefore, the court found, when the evidence was viewed in favor of the plaintiff, there was a genuine issue of material fact
as to whether the defendant driver failed to exercise
ordinary care (the standard for Georgia
ordinary negligence cases) in parking his truck in front of his home and was therefore potentially negligent.
A recent case in front of a California appellate court illustrates one plaintiff's battle to classify his injury case
as one of
ordinary negligence.
Negligence is defined
as «A failure to behave with the level of care that someone of
ordinary prudence would have exercised under the same circumstances.»
For example, while
ordinary medical mistakes by a medical doctor such
as confusing two drugs with similar names or putting the decimal point in a prescription dosage, causing harm to a patient, would not ordinarily result in criminal liability, coming into an operating room while too drunk to drive and without reviewing which limb of a patient needs to be amputated despite a clear indication in marker on the leg of a patient showing that fact, might constitute criminal
negligence on the part of a medical doctor.