See Also: Duty Of Care:(law)
duty(medicine)
off-duty(dictionary)
duty(dictionary)
Duty(money)
Duty(finance)
duty(dictionary)
Stamp duty(finance)
Countervailing Duty(money)
duty factor(medicine)

Duty of care (law)


A legal duty to take care so that no one is likely to be harmed by a negligent action (or lack of action). If someone fails in his or her duty of care towards another person in a way which could have been foreseen, the injured person has a right to claim damages.