Sentences with phrase «ordinary negligence standards»

In this case, the Court noted that the negligence claim was not predicated simply to the placement of the decedent in hospice care, an act that would likely be subject to ordinary negligence standards, but rather on the treatment provided to the decedent after she was placed in hospice care.

Not exact matches

Negligence is defined as a violation of a standard of care that any ordinary person would take to ensure otherâ $ ™ s safety.

Reasonable person standard — An adult is guilty of negligence if he or she fails to act the way a person of ordinary intelligence and judgment would have acted in similar circumstances.

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.

To determine whether your conduct constitutes contributory negligence, the legal standard is whether you used the ordinary care that a reasonable person would use — the same standard applies to you and the other individual (s) involved in the accident.

California law requires criminal negligence, which is a much higher standard than ordinary negligence.