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ABA Family Legal Guide
Personal Injury
Negligence
- How does the law define negligence with respect to personal injury cases?
- How would a legal case determine negligence?
- Is negligence the basis of many suits?
- If I am hurt because someone failed to act, might that person be found negligent and therefore be liable?
- Negligence law seems so confusing. It uses words such as duty and causation. What do they mean?
- Who determines whether a defendant has acted reasonably?
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