Be Informed: South Carolina Negligence Laws
Negligence is the legal doctrine that requires people to conduct themselves in a way that conforms with our legal duties and what reasonable people would do. In general, the elements of negligence are:
A duty of care was owed by the defendant to the plaintiff
The defendant breached that duty
There’s a causal connection between the defendant’s conduct and the harm to the plaintiff
The harm was a proximate cause of defendant’s actions, meaning the harm was foreseeable
The plaintiff had damages resulting from the defendant’s conduct
