According to Massachusetts law, drivers must operate their vehicles with
the same ordinary care and skill that a reasonable and prudent driver would use.
Not exact matches
In our intimate one - to - one relations, with an other, there is much more intense
caring: but even in
ordinary day - to - day contacts there can be something of that
same quality.
At trial the judge ruled that although the inspector had conducted the inspection in a professional, thorough and conscientious manner, he had still fallen short of meeting the standard of
care that was expected of him — that of an
ordinary, reasonable and prudent home inspector in the
same circumstances.
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).
A doctor owes a duty to treat a patient according to the acceptable standard of
care — that is, what an
ordinary, prudent doctor would do under the
same or similar circumstances.
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.
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.»
At trial the judge ruled that although the inspector had conducted the inspection in a professional, thorough and conscientious manner, he had still fallen short of meeting the standard of
care that was expected of him — that of an
ordinary, reasonable and prudent home inspector in the
same circumstances.