What is the tort of Negligence?

In the Law of Torts, negligence is a failure to exercise the level of care that a "reasonable person" would have used in a similar situation, resulting in unintended harm to another.

Unlike intentional torts like trespass, negligence focuses on carelessness rather than the desire to cause injury.

It is the most common grounds for lawsuits today, covering everything from car accidents to medical malpractice.

To prove negligence, three elements must coexist: a legal duty of care owed to the victim, a breach of that duty through action or inaction, and consequential damage or injury that was a direct result of that breach.