Legal Definition and Related Resources of Passive Negligence

An omission to take that degree of care in relation to the plaintiff as the law requires. A failure to do something that should have been done and which failure amounts to breach of the duty of care. See English v Miller, (Tex.)33 S. W.2d477.

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