negligence
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The quality or state of being negligent; lack of due diligence or care; omission of duty; habitual neglect; heedlessness.
An act or instance of negligence or carelessness.
The omission of the care usual under the circumstances, being convertible with the Roman culpa. A specialist is bound to higher skill and diligence in his specialty than one who is not a specialist, and liability for negligence varies acordingly.
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A 2006 report by judicial investigators blamed the blast on negligence that allowed ammonium nitrate to come into contact with other chemicals in the AZF plant, a subsidiary of oil giant Total.
After a pontoon bridge they constructed was swamped and swept away by the flood waters, Groves was accused of negligence.
A claimant who has suffered only emotional distress and no pecuniary loss would not recover for negligence.
A day after a 26-year-old migrant worker, cycling to his home in Bihar from Delhi, was run over by a car, Lucknow police on Sunday arrested the driver and booked the owner of the vehicle for allegedly causing death by negligence.
A criminal battery may also be committed if the harmful or offensive contact is due to the criminal negligence of the defendant.
Although resulting damages must be proven in order to recover compensation in a negligence action, the nature and extent of those damages are not the primary focus of negligence cases.