Reference no: EM132386596

1. Cause in fact

2. Comparative negligence

3. Contributory negligence

4. Forseeability

5. Negligence

6. Proximate cause

7. Reasonable person standard

8. Tort

a. ____ A common law defense to negligence which completely bars an injured party from recovering if any amount of his/her own carelessness is found to have contributed to his/her injury

b. ___ A breach of a legal duty (other than a breach of contract) that results in harm or injury to another person or another's property.

c. ___ A strong enough connection between an act and an injury to justify imposing liability on the actor.

d. ____ This means an average, ordinary, prudent person could anticipate that a particular activity creates a risk of injury and that care should be taken to guard against the risk.

e. ____Conduct or action without which an injury would not have occurred. Can be determined by the "but for" test

f. ___ A defense in statutory law which reduces an injured party's recovery by an amount equal to the percentage by which his/her own carelessness is found to have contributed to his/her injury

g. ____ Failure to exercise the amount of care that an ordinary prudent person should exercise in similar circumstances - creating a risk of injury to a person or to property (This is another way of saying that a person acts carelessly).

h.____ An objective measure of how an ordinary prudent person should act in a situation. It is based on society's expectations of the duty we owe to others to act carefully and minimize risk that our actions might injure a person or property.