Care

• Author: Jeffrey Lehman, Shirelle Phelps

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Watchful attention; custody; diligence; concern; caution; as opposed to NEGLIGENCE or carelessness.

In the law of negligence, the standard of reasonable conduct determines the amount of care

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to be exercised in a situation. The care taken must be proportional to the apparent risk. As danger increases, commensurate caution must be observed.

Slight care is the care persons of ordinary prudence generally exercise in regard to their personal affairs of minimal importance.

Reasonable care, also known as ordinary care, is the degree of care, diligence, or precaution that may fairly, ordinarily, and properly be expected or required in consideration of the nature of the action, the subject matter, and the surrounding circumstances.

Great care is the degree of care that persons of ordinary prudence usually exercise with respect to their personal affairs of great importance.

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