NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Motor Vehicle 102.11
NEGLIGENCE ISSUE-DEFINITION OF COMMON LAW NEGLIGENCE.
Negligence refers to a person's failure to follow a duty of conduct
imposed by law. Every person is under a duty to use ordinary care to
protect himself and others from [injury] [damage]. Ordinary care means
that degree of care which a reasonable and prudent person would use
under the same or similar circumstances to protect himself and others
from [injury] [damage].1 A person's failure to use ordinary care is
negligence.2
History
N.C.P.I.—Motor Vehicle 102.11 (Replacement June 2018). Prepared by the North Carolina Conference of Superior Court Judges' Committee on Pattern Jury Instructions, assisted by the UNC School of Government; published by the School of Government.
Provenance
- Source
- sog.unc.edu
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-25
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
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