Did you know that an act of negligence is actionable in court?
Yes, it is. In law, negligence is categorized as a tort (i.e. a legal wrong suffered by a person because of a failure of another). Put simply, negligence is a failure to act with the reasonable level of care expected of a person of similar prudence and under the same circumstances
In law, the term is more elaborate than in its normal everyday parlance and the following elements must exist:
- There must be a duty owed to a party by another
- There must have been a breach of that duty
- There must be an injury or discernable suffering occasioned to the party
- The injury or suffering must be a consequence of the breach
Some notable examples are car accidents, medical malpractice cases, slip and falls etc...

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