What does gross negligence mean?

by Guest » Mon Feb 03, 2014 10:06 am
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We are going to perform a drama in our school that involves a case of negligence and another case of gross negligence. Could anybody make me understand the legal difference between the two?

Please be very specific and illustrative if you have the time.

Total Comments: 11

Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 12:44 pm Post Subject:

A drama on negligence?

I could Google it for you but you might do your own homework.

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 10:31 am Post Subject:

Gross negligence is the legal term or concept that is related to serious carelessness. Negligence is careless mistake. Gross negligence is mulish and not following the rules and regulations that effect many people.

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 05:24 pm Post Subject:

Sorry, but this too is not quite accurate. Negligence arises from a duty to act or obligation owed to another, and a failure to so act or fulfill the obligation. It is far more than simply being careless. I can be careless without being negligent. Gross negligence has little to do with mules.

Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 09:59 am Post Subject:

Gross negligence is a conscious and voluntary disregard of the need to use reasonable care, which is likely to cause foreseeable grave injury or harm to persons, property, or both.

Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 03:11 pm Post Subject:

Copied perfectly from the legal dictionary online. We don't appreciate plagiarism here. If you copy something from another website or source, we expect you to give credit where credit is due. It obviously wasn't your original thought because it is in plain English.

Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 10:54 am Post Subject:

Gross negligence is a legal concept which means serious carelessness. Negligence is the opposite of diligence, or being careful. The standard of ordinary negligence is what conduct one expects from the proverbial "reasonable person."

Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 02:36 pm Post Subject:

The above post was stolen from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_negligence

It is not the original thought of "Hanrahan"

Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 07:23 am Post Subject:

Yes, there is a difference between negligence and gross negligence. Gross negligence is all about the behavior that is more serious than ordinary negligence and also borders on recklessness.

Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 02:59 pm Post Subject:

There is little, if any distinction between "negligence" and "gross negligence". Negligence is a duty to act, and a failure to perform that duty.

Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2014 07:08 am Post Subject:

It is a legal concept which means serious carelessness.It is commonly defined as “the failure to exercise even the slightest amount of care”. It often involves the deliberate disregard of another person's safety.

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