reasonable care
Ordinary expected caution
Reasonable care is the degree of caution and attention that a sensible person would exercise in similar circumstances.
The term is central to negligence law—failing to use reasonable care can make someone liable for resulting harm.
What counts as reasonable depends on context: reasonable care while driving differs from reasonable care while performing surgery.
The landlord failed to exercise reasonable care in maintaining the property.
- safety precautionsMeasures preventing injury
- foreseeabilityCapacity to be anticipated
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- prudenceCareful, wise judgment
- common senseNative practical judgment
insurance · conscientiousness · best practices · maintenance · liability · risk assessment · breach · supervision · tort law · causation · training programs · safeguards · accountability · compliance · damages · inspection · protocols · hazard prevention
- criminal lawcrime, felony, misdemeanor, murder, robbery
- negligenceneglect, gross negligence, criminal negligence, medical negligence, negligence
- fiduciary dutiesgood faith, prudence, diligence, full disclosure, confidentiality
- negligence lawbreach of duty, causation, foreseeability, negligence, gross negligence
- premises liabilityslip and fall, injury claims, damage claims, liability claims, invitees
- Product Liabilityproduct defect, manufacturing defects, defective goods, defectiveness, defects
reasonable caregross negligence
Severe breach of duty
negligence · recklessness · reckless disregard · willful misconduct · criminal negligence
reasonable carereckless abandon
Complete disregard for consequences
recklessness · carelessness · foolhardiness · rashness · imprudence
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