Negligence

Negligence is the failure of a person (e.g., a corporation, city, county or school district) to use reasonable care, which causes an injury to a person or property. Reasonable care is doing or not doing something, which a reasonably prudent person would or would not do in similar circumstances. For instance, a reasonable person does not tailgate another car because a rear-end collision is likely.

Gross negligence is more than ordinary negligence. The negligence is a reckless disregard for the safety of persons and property. It is more than an oversight; gross negligence appears to be a conscious violation of another's rights to safety.

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