Negligence
121concurrent negligence — Consists of the negligence of two or more persons concurring, not necessarily in point of time, but in point of consequence, in producing a single indivisible injury. Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Towbridge, Com.Pl., 38 Ohio Misc. 55, 311 N.E.2d 901 …
122comparative negligence — noun (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑negligence, ↑carelessness, ↑neglect, ↑nonperforman …
123contributory negligence — noun (law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant s negligence in common law any degree of contributory negligence would bar the plaintiff from collecting damages • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence •… …
124criminal negligence — noun (law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something with the same consequences) • Syn: ↑culpable negligence • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑neg …
125gross negligence — noun : negligence marked by total or nearly total disregard for the rights of others and by total or nearly total indifference to the consequences of an act compare ordinary negligence, slight negligence …
126active negligence — n. Negligence that occurs through some positive act as opposed to passive inaction. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …
127degree of negligence — n. A measurement of different kinds of negligence, used to determine whether someone is sufficiently negligent to be liable for an injury. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell.… …
128cooperative negligence — See negligence (contributory negligence) …
