Questions tagged [negligence]
Negligence is a common law tort concerned with the protection of person, property and economic interests from harm caused by another person's unintentional (but possibly deliberate) failure to take care.
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Murder or attempted murder in conjuction with negligent homicide
I apologise that I failed finding a source. I remember reading that in Germany, more than a century ago, a court had to decide about the punishment of someone who intended to kill a certain person but ...
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Can defamation occur without specific intent for false statements about ordinarily non-damaging things?
I've recently argued for a while with a friend about whether defamation requires intent in cases where a false statement would normally be unforeseen to have any potential impact.
The specific ...
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Is it legal to abandon an anchored boat for a swim?
Obviously, it is fine for passengers of a private boat to go swimming/diving/spearfishing.
But what about the case when the boat is anchored half a mile from the shore and everybody on board leaves ...
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Is publishing deliberately vulnerable code that one did not intend to exploit or have exploited by anyone else illegal?
A few years ago, the following occurred (citing from Wikipedia):
In 2021, researchers from the University of Minnesota submitted a paper titled "On the Feasibility of Stealthily Introducing ...
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What is the scope of the parties liable for workplace negligence?
This question specifically relates to a negligence claim and therefore does not relate to any criminal liability. Take the following scenario:
Both Person A and Person B work for the same employee. ...
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Is drinking during pregnancy child abuse?
If a woman is seven months pregnant and is still drinking alcohol regularly could that be considered child abuse?
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Do courts distinguish between an act being a "material contribution" and a "material increase in risk" in negligence claims?
Fact: In the UK, a claim for harm suffered as a result of the tort of negligence can be made against one party even when there are multiple causes of the tort as long as there is a material ...
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How can one be compensated for loss caused negligently by someone who dies in the process?
Consider the circumstance where an at-fault driver negligently collides with an innocent driver, but the at-fault driver dies.
Perhaps there is even evidence that the at-fault driver committed a crime ...
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Can The Police Ignore The Orphan Stomper?
So let's say a man walks into an orphanage and starts stomping on babies' heads, killing them. The police show up and decide that they would rather wait for him to finish stomping orphans, so that ...
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Corporate Law - Loss of Reputation
Organization A and Organization B sign a contract.
Organization A doesn't disclose a certain policy to Organization B and doesn't post this policy anywhere.
Organization B breaks this undisclosed ...
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Postman signs for delivery himself. Any laws broken?
Suppose a Royal Mail worker knocks on the door to deliver a parcel which needs to be signed for. No one is home. He is supposed to leave a "Something for you" card and bring the parcel to ...
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Is it illegal to report a crime at an opportune moment for profit?
In the movie "Nightcrawler (2014)", MC video-tapes crimes (to submit to news outlets for money). MC sees some murderous criminals commit a crime, identifies them, and lets them leave. Then ...
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Traffic accident due to LIDAR jamming
As someone pointed out in the comments of a recent question I posted, LiDAR jamming is legal in some states.
From what I understand, most self-driving car concepts use LiDAR to detect surrounding ...
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Expert misidentifies venomous snake as non venomous
I'm a member of a snake identification group on social media and they recently had a conversation about potential liability for misidentified snakes. This group takes identification very seriously to ...
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Parental gun responsibility
A parent in Michigan who knowingly gives their minor child access to any gun which is used by that child to commit first-degree murder should now expect a criminal prison sentence (i.e., prison time ...
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