Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Reasonable Person, Vicarious Liability, Strict Liability

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B
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Reasonable care: the care a reasonable person would exhibit in a similar situation. Negligent act can be brought by someone: who has been affected negitively. Who has been injured by dangerous driving. Who has a loss based on poor advice from a professional. Plaintiff needs to show that the defendant intended to cause the damage. Duty of care: responsibility owed to avoid carelessness that causes harm to others. Reasonable person: the standard used to judge whether a person"s conduct in a particular situation is negligent. Must be a limit on the defendant"s responsibility for the consequences of his negligence. Remoteness of damage: the absence of sufficiently close relationship between the defendant"s action and the plaintiff"s injury. Thin skull rule: the defendant is liable for the full extent of the plaintiff"s injury even where there are prior vulnerability makes the harm more serious than it otherwise might be.