duty of care
Required reasonable caution
Duty of care is a legal obligation to act with reasonable caution to avoid harming others.
The concept is central to negligence law: a doctor has a duty of care to patients, a driver to pedestrians, a manufacturer to consumers.
The company breached its duty of care by ignoring safety warnings.
Proving someone owed you a duty of care is the first step in most injury lawsuits.
- foreseeabilityCapacity to be anticipated
- reasonable personSomeone exercising sound judgment
- professional negligenceBreach of occupational duty
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
- tort lawRules for civil wrongs
causation · slip and fall · medical malpractice · protection · child protection · standard · safe environment · harm prevention · occupational health · obligation · responsibility · accountability · vulnerable · harm · risk assessment · patient · client · breach
- arts lawart fraud, fair use, intellectual property, looted art, restitution claims
- lawlaw, lawyer, lawyers, attorney, attorneys
- business travelprivate jets, expense report, client meeting, itinerary, conference
- duty
- workplace welfarehealth, safety, morale, rest, pay
- ethicsmorality, deontology, dignity, sanctity of life, utilitarianism
duty of carenegligence
Failure to exercise care
gross negligence · immunity · exemption · dereliction of duty · no obligation
duty of carecarelessness
Inattention causing mistakes
indifference · callousness · abandonment · heedlessness · recklessness
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