Negligence

• Author: John Eaton; Denis Le May
• Profession: Librarian & Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba/Avocat, Barreau du Québec, Conseiller à la documentation en droit (1975?2006) et Chargé de cours, Faculté de droit, Université Laval
• Pages: 74-74

74 NEGLIGENCE / RESPONSABILITÉ CIVILE

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NEGLIGENCE

This huge portion of tort law deals with acts (or omissions) that cause harm to others. Nor-

mally, for negligence to be proved a plaintiff must show that the defendant had some respon-

sibility to take care not to harm the plaintiff (duty of care), that what the defendant did (or

failed to do) which caused the harm was not what a reasonable person would have done (stan-

dard of care), and, f‌inally, that the plaintiff did, in fact, suffer some injury from the defendant’s

action. Some negligent acts, however, can be proved without reference to the above test. This

type of negligence is referred to as absolute or strict liability. There are also certain negligent

acts that constitute a crime (i.e., criminal negligence). This is an area of the law that is rooted

primarily in jurisprudence. All major works on torts also contain chapters devoted to negli-

gence. Related topics: CLASS ACTIONS, CRIMINAL LAW, DAMAGES, EVIDENCE (CIVIL),

HEALTH LAW, NUISANCE, OCCUPIER’S LIABILITY, PRODUCTS LIABILITY, REMEDIES

& RESTITUTION, TORTS.

RESPONSABILITÉ CIVILE

Branche majeure du droit civil et partie importante du domaine des OBLIGATIONS.

Philips-Nootens, Suzanne et

al.

Éléments de responsabilité civile médicale,

3e éd.

Y Blais 2007

Walton, Judge Christopher

et al.

Charleswor th & Percy on Negligence, 11th

ed. ( U.K.)

S & M 2006

Bélanger-Hardy, Louise La responsabilité délictuelle en common law Y Blais 2005

Buckl ey, R.A . The Law of Neglig ence, 4th ed. (U.K.) LN/B 2005

Baudouin, Jean-Louis La responsabilité civile Y Blais 2003

Linden, Allen M. La responsabilité civile délictuelle Centre franco-

ontarien de

ressources

pédagogiques

2001

Feldt husen, Bruce Economic Negligen ce: The Recovery of Pure

Economic Loss, 4th ed.

Crswl 2000

Levinson, Richard E. “Negligence” in vol. 23, title 101 of the

Canadian Encyclopedic Digest (Onta rio)

and vol. 25, title 102 of the Canadian

Encyclopedic Digest (Western)

Crswl 2000

Rocc amo, Giovan na et al. Personal Injur y Actions Crswl 1994