If you have suffered an injury because of someone else’s carelessness of negligence, you will most likely bring a lawsuit under a legal theory of negligence. To successfully prove negligence, you must first show that the defendant (the wrongdoer) breached his or her duty or standard of care. Under long-established law, there is a duty owed by everyone in society to act reasonably. This applies to all conduct. Accordingly, if you are behind the wheel of a car, you have a duty to drive as a reasonable person would. If you own a home or commercial building, you must reasonably monitor and maintain the premises to minimize the risk of injury to others.
In a lawsuit, it’s the finder of fact (typically the jury) that determines whether the defendant’s conduct complied with or breached the standard of care.
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