Negligence
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| - | This article lists notable '''industrial disasters''', which are [[disasters]] caused by [[industry|industrial]] companies, either by accident, [[negligence]] or incompetence. They are a form of industrial [[Work accident|accident]] where great damage, injury or loss of life are caused. | ||
| - | Other disasters can also be considered industrial disasters, if their causes are rooted in the products or processes of industry. For example, the [[Great Chicago Fire]] of 1871 was made more severe due to the heavy concentration of lumber industry facilities, wood houses, and fuel and other chemicals in a small area. The [[Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents]] is designed to protect people and the environment from industrial accidents. The Convention aims to prevent accidents from occurring, to reduce their frequency and severity, and to mitigate their effects. The Convention addresses primarily industrial accidents in one country that affect the population and the environment of another country. | + | '''Negligence''' (Lat. ''negligentia'') is a failure to exercise the appropriate and or ethical ruled care expected to be exercised amongst specified circumstances. The area of [[tort]] law known as ''negligence'' involves harm caused by failing to act as a form of ''carelessness'' possibly with extenuating circumstances. The core concept of negligence is that people should exercise reasonable care in their actions, by taking account of the potential harm that they might foreseeably cause to other people or property. |
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| + | Someone who suffers loss caused by another's negligence may be able to sue for [[damages]] to compensate for their harm. Such loss may include physical injury, harm to property, psychiatric illness, or economic loss. The law on negligence may be assessed in general terms according to a five-part model which includes the assessment of duty, breach, actual cause, proximate cause, and damages. | ||
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| - | *[[List of civilian nuclear accidents]] | + | *[[Carelessness]] |
| - | *[[List of accidents and disasters by death toll]] | + | *[[Criminal negligence]] |
| - | *[[List of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland]] | + | *[[Gross negligence]] |
| - | *[[Environmental racism]] | + | *[[Intentionality]] |
| + | *[[Malpractice]] | ||
| + | *[[Medical negligence]] | ||
| + | *[[Mens rea]] | ||
| + | *[[Neglect]] | ||
| + | *[[English tort law#Negligence|Negligence in English Law]] | ||
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Negligence (Lat. negligentia) is a failure to exercise the appropriate and or ethical ruled care expected to be exercised amongst specified circumstances. The area of tort law known as negligence involves harm caused by failing to act as a form of carelessness possibly with extenuating circumstances. The core concept of negligence is that people should exercise reasonable care in their actions, by taking account of the potential harm that they might foreseeably cause to other people or property.
Someone who suffers loss caused by another's negligence may be able to sue for damages to compensate for their harm. Such loss may include physical injury, harm to property, psychiatric illness, or economic loss. The law on negligence may be assessed in general terms according to a five-part model which includes the assessment of duty, breach, actual cause, proximate cause, and damages.
See also
- Carelessness
- Criminal negligence
- Gross negligence
- Intentionality
- Malpractice
- Medical negligence
- Mens rea
- Neglect
- Negligence in English Law
