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  2. Negligence - Wikipedia

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    Negligence (Lat. negligentia) [1] is a failure to exercise appropriate care expected to be exercised in similar circumstances. [2] ... For example, in an appeal from ...

  3. Gross negligence - Wikipedia

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    Gross negligence is used as a standard for criminal law, for example, under manslaughter in English law. [4] Under common law, criminal negligence is defined as a gross deviation from a reasonable standard of care. This is a higher standard than ordinary negligence under tort law.

  4. List of tort cases - Wikipedia

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    BALTIMORE AND OHIO R.R. V. GOODMAN, 275 U.S. 66 (1927) (the duty of due care does not apply in a case of negligence where there are clear legal standards that suggest the plaintiff was responsible) Bethel v.

  5. Legal malpractice - Wikipedia

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    Negligence by the attorney, A loss or injury to the client caused by the negligence, and; Financial loss or injury to the client. To satisfy the third element, legal malpractice requires proof of what would have happened had the attorney not been negligent; that is, "but for" the attorney's negligence ("but for" causation). [3]

  6. Former inmate sues St. Clair County jail, says she was ... - AOL

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    McKeen said he considered the case one of the worst examples of negligence he'd seen in 30 years as an attorney. "They just chose to ignore her complaints and assumed she was fainting," McKeen said.

  7. Contributory negligence - Wikipedia

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    The doctrine of contributory negligence was dominant in U.S. jurisprudence in the 19th and 20th century. [3] The English case Butterfield v.Forrester is generally recognized as the first appearance, although in this case, the judge held the plaintiff's own negligence undermined their argument that the defendant was the proximate cause of the injury. [3]

  8. Res ipsa loquitur - Wikipedia

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    For example, if the negligence of the other is 95% of the cause of the plaintiff's injury, and the plaintiff is 5% responsible, the plaintiff's slight fault cannot negate the negligence of the other. The new type of split liability is commonly called comparative negligence.

  9. Prisoners of Profit - The Huffington Post

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    In another example of negligence at the facility, staff mistakenly barred the same girl from visiting her mother because administrators confused her with another inmate whose mother had brought cash into the facility during visiting hours — a major violation of contraband policy.

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