Negligence is defined as what?

Negligence is defined as what?

• A. Intentional harm
• B. Failure to use such care as a reasonably prudent and careful person would use under similar circumstances
• C. A crime
• D. A breach of contract

Answer: (B)

Negligence means failing to exercise the level of care that a reasonably prudent and careful person would use under similar circumstances, and having that failure lead to harm. It’s a civil standard of care, not about intent to cause harm. It isn’t simply a crime (though crimes can involve negligence in some cases) and it isn’t about breach of contract, which is a different area of law. So the option that describes a person not using the ordinary care expected in a given situation—and that this failure results in damage—best captures what negligence is.

Negligence means failing to exercise the level of care that a reasonably prudent and careful person would use under similar circumstances, and having that failure lead to harm. It’s a civil standard of care, not about intent to cause harm. It isn’t simply a crime (though crimes can involve negligence in some cases) and it isn’t about breach of contract, which is a different area of law. So the option that describes a person not using the ordinary care expected in a given situation—and that this failure results in damage—best captures what negligence is.