Negligence is the failure to use reasonable care to avoid a foreseeable harm to person or property. wazamba kaszinó online To prove negligence several criteria must be met:

  • First, you must show that there was a duty owed from one person to another. The nature of that duty may change depending on the relationship of the parties. bukméker sapka Typically, persons owe a duty of “ordinary care” to other people. However, a child is held to a lower standard, that being what another child would do under the circumstances, as opposed to what an adult would do. Certain professionals and tradesmen are held to a higher standard, that being what other persons in that profession or trade would do under the circumstances.
  • Second, it must be shown that there was a breach of that standard of care. In other words, someone failed to do what they should have under the circumstances in light of the duty owed from one person to another. 887 tippmix
  • Third, it must be shown that the breach of that standard of care was the actual and “proximate”, or legal, cause of the injury. This means that the injury was the foreseeable consequence of the breach of care.
  • Lastly, damages must be shown to have resulted from all of the above.

One of the most common forms of negligence that we as a firm deal with is nursing home negligence.

To build your nursing home abuse case, please call (614) 766-2000 or contact our Columbus law firm online for a free consultation. Robert W. Kerpsack Co., L.P.A. has extensive experience with multiple cases involving negligence.