Key Terms Instructions: Please Define the Following Key Terms

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Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
raison d'état

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Definitions:

Negligence Case

A legal action taken due to harm caused by someone's failure to carry out their responsibilities with due care.

Contributory Negligence

A traditional defense to negligence liability based on the plaintiff’s failure to exercise reasonable care for his own safety.

Individual's Failure

refers to a situation where a person does not meet the required or expected standard or outcome.

Res Ipsa Loquitur

Literally, the thing speaks for itself. A doctrine that, in some circumstances, gives rise to an inference that a defendant was negligent and that his negligence was the cause of the plaintiff’s injury.