The failure to exercise the degree of care that a reasonably prudent person would exercise under similar circumstances is the legal definition of:

解析

Negligence is the failure to act with the level of care a reasonably prudent person would use in similar circumstances, and it is the basis of most liability claims. Proving negligence generally requires four elements: a duty owed, a breach of that duty, that the breach was the proximate cause of harm, and actual damages. Absolute (strict) liability applies without proof of negligence in inherently dangerous situations.