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3.6-1  Negligence - Definition

Revised to January 1, 2008

Negligence is the violation of a legal duty which one person owes to another to care for the safety of that person or that person's property.

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Sharkey v. Skilton, 83 Conn. 503, 508 (1910).

 

 

 


 

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