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legal negligence

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A quick definition of legal negligence:

Legal negligence is when someone fails to take reasonable care in a situation where they should have. This can include not following established safety standards or not being careful enough to prevent harm to others. It is a type of negligence that can result in legal action being taken against the person responsible. Other types of negligence include active negligence, where someone does something that causes harm, and inadvertent negligence, where someone is not aware of the risk they are creating. Gross negligence is a particularly extreme form of negligence that involves a conscious disregard for the safety of others.

A more thorough explanation:

Legal negligence is the failure to exercise the standard of care that a reasonably prudent person would have exercised in a similar situation. It refers to any conduct that falls below the legal standard established to protect others against unreasonable risk of harm, except for conduct that is intentionally, wantonly, or willfully disregardful of others' rights. The term denotes culpable carelessness.

For example, if a doctor fails to diagnose a patient's illness correctly, and the patient suffers harm as a result, the doctor may be guilty of legal negligence. Similarly, if a driver runs a red light and causes an accident, they may be guilty of legal negligence.

Legal negligence can result in a tort, which is a civil wrong that causes harm or injury to another person. A tort grounded in legal negligence usually involves duty, breach of duty, causation, and damages.

Other types of negligence include active negligence, advertent negligence, casual negligence, collateral negligence, comparative negligence, concurrent negligence, contributory negligence, criminal negligence, culpable negligence, gross negligence, hazardous negligence, imputed negligence, inadvertent negligence, joint negligence, negligence in law, negligence per se, ordinary negligence, passive negligence, professional negligence, reckless negligence, simple negligence, slight negligence, subsequent negligence, supine negligence, tax negligence, wanton negligence, willful and wanton negligence, and willful negligence.

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NosyBeagle
10:45
u gotta lock in bro
ParallelAgreeableOrangutan
10:48
I've been out of school for a long time and I'm scared I won't remember how to be a student, or that I'm too used to sleeping full 8-hour nights
NosyBeagle
10:53
I recommend finding students like you for support. There's bound to be a few.
ParallelAgreeableOrangutan
11:05
I'm hoping so, especially with such a large 1L class
I've never been a study group guy in my whole life. Seems like that's the default in law school, though. Idk it's more than a year away for me so I shouldn't even be thinking about this sort of minutia, but like I wonder if study groups are actually tangibly helpful in law school? I bet that majorly depends on who is in your study group, but then they form at the beginning of the year before anybody knows eachother, and momentum just keeps them going even if they aren't great
Nah, the cliques start forming at asd
First round draft picks
Then later ones are lower draft picks
So everyone gets kinda the same peer group in relation to academic ability
Wont be much or any bottom feeders leeching off smart study master/unofficial tutor
Bettercaulsaul
11:18
I haven’t been much of a group study person either in my educational career. If you’re living on campus it won’t be too bad ; I think it mainly becomes an issue for those who live off campus or commute far
AngryMiniCar
11:39
Bro bad news. No lunch no pasta... someone took all 5 containers of left over pasta from the firm lunch yesterday
AngryMiniCar
11:39
I'm irrationally mad :')
@PremiumFrequentCrane: The unofficial tutor is exactly why I've never been a study group guy lol. That is always how it went any time I would attempt it
NosyBeagle
11:51
rip to the epic pasta lunch
NosyBeagle
11:53
i am also irrationally mad because I second guessed myself on an answer and beefed it
NosyBeagle
11:53
me from 5 mins ago was cooking idk what happened
AngryMiniCar
11:58
Not in the mood to study anymore. @Nosybeagle tell me to suck it up and go do RC passages
11:59
@AngryMiniCar: Whos gonna carry the boats?
AngryMiniCar
11:59
What boats
AngryMiniCar
12:00
Is this a r/woosh moment for me
NosyBeagle
12:00
@AngryMiniCar: I'm never in the mood. I hate this f'ing test but we r doing this for us and for the future people were going to help with our lawyer chops so get to it!
12:01
@AngryMiniCar: its a david goggins thing
AngryMiniCar
12:01
OHHH LMAOO
12:08
ho I feel like David goggins
12:48
im so bored
12:48
the children (me) yearn for the classroom
12:56
november lsat LETS GO
NosyBeagle
12:58
^ me if I beef the august lsat
AngryMiniCar
13:47
^ same boat
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