Liberty County, Georgia Negligence law firm
Negligence is the oldest theory of product liability. In order to succeed using a negligence theory in Liberty County, Georgia , a claimant should establish 4 elements: duty; breach of duty; proximate cause; and injury. A defendant may be found negligent only where it had a legal duty to exercise reasonable care in its actions. One has an obligation to exercise reasonable care when the failure to do so may result in an unreasonable risk of harm, provided that the injury to the claimant was reasonably foreseeable by the defendant. ‘Reasonable care’ is the extent of care which a reasonable individual would exercise under similar circumstances. Although this standard never changes, the degree of care that will be found reasonable in the circumstances will differ proportionately with the danger involved. For instance, a manufacturer of toys designed for use by infants has a greater obligation of care in guarding against the risk that a child might swallow small pieces than would a manufacturer of construction kits for teenagers. When the plaintiff has established that the defendant owed him or her a duty of care, the claimant should prove breach of duty. This means that the plaintiff must demonstrate that the defendant failed to exercise reasonable care with regard to the plaintiff. While in many cases the duty of care is identified only through the breach, it is a separate factor that the jury must decide before the plaintiff can proceed with a damage claim in negligence.
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