{"id":7356,"date":"2017-11-10T16:02:56","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T21:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10028\/uncategorized\/difference-reasonable-care-standard\/"},"modified":"2017-11-10T16:02:56","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T21:02:56","slug":"difference-reasonable-care-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/article\/difference-reasonable-care-standard\/","title":{"rendered":"Reasonable Care And Standard: What is the Difference?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In personal injury law, in order to be negligent<\/a>, you either have to do something to cause harm to someone else or fail to act to do something that causes their injury. This is a gray area since accidents happen all the time; finding fault and liability are not always as clear-cut as you would assume. The thing that separates when incidents are nothing more than an accident and when they result from negligence is a legal term called \u201cstandard of care.\u201d A standard of care is the reasonable action that someone is obligated to take in order to stop someone from being injured.<\/span><\/p>\n

If an individual neglects the standard of care, then they may be found liable for the resulting injuries to someone else. The standard of care is based on the concept of \u201creasonable care.\u201d This is the action that a \u201creasonable person” would take in a situation or event. For instance, if you knew that the porch railing at your house was broken and you didn\u2019t warn a guest who was leaning against it, that would not be what a reasonable person would do. A reasonable person would warn someone that they might get injured if they lean on something that is broken. Sometimes in personal injury suits<\/a>, ascribing what a reasonable person would do is not always clear.<\/span><\/p>\n