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duty of care

n. a requirement that a person act toward others and the public with watchfulness, attention, caution and prudence that a reasonable person in the circumstances would. If a person's actions do not meet this standard of care, then the acts are considered negligent, and any damages resulting may be claimed in a lawsuit for negligence. (See: negligence, standard of care)

duty of care

1 the mechanism used in the law of tort or delict to determine when a person may be liable. Normally, reasonable foreseeability of physical harm will create a duty, but restrictions exist in cases of economic loss, nervous shock and other more unusual harms. The concept is practically useful in separating out and explaining cases of non-liability where there is a mistake or error or bungle that causes a loss to the plaintiff yet there is no liability. See also CULPA, NEGLIGENCE.

2 in relation to persons who import produce, carry, keep or dump waste and waste-brokers, the obligation to take all such measures as are reasonable, among other things, to prevent the unlawful management of waste, prevent the escape of waste and to ensure waste is transferred to an authorized person. Failure to meet the duty is a criminal offence.

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for an injury occasioned to another by his or her want of ordinary care or skill in the management of his or her property or person...." (33) In other words, "each person has a duty to use ordinary care and is liable for injuries caused by his failure to exercise reasonable care in the circumstances...." (34) However, in 1968, the California Supreme Court decided Rowland v.

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(34) Specifically, the defendant challenged the plaintiffs petition for not alleging sufficient facts to show that the defendant had failed to exercise ordinary care. (35)

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Manslaughter charges were also out of the question, Plattner said, since prosecutors would have to prove "that someone acted more than merely negligently or by failure to use ordinary care," that Christie's mistreatment was "gross and flagrant" and revealed "reckless disregard for human life"; or that his jailers "must have known, or reasonably should have known" that their actions were "likely to cause death or great bodily injury."