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" What may be deemed ordinary care in one case, may, under different surroundings and circumstances, be gross negligence. The policy of the law has relegated the determination of such questions to the jury, under proper instructions from the court. It is... "
United States Reports: ... and Rules Announced at ... - Page 615
by United States. Supreme Court - 1896
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of ..., Volume 193

Alabama. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1916 - 774 pages
...to the conduct and affairs of men, have a relative significance, and cannot be arbitrarily defined. What may be deemed ordinary care in one case may,...the court. It is their province to note the special [Reaves v. Maybank.] circumstances and surroundings of each particular case, and then say whether the...
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United States Supreme Court Reports, Volume 41

United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1897 - 1180 pages
...relega'^/t the determination of such questions to tbe jury under proper instructions from the<x>urt. It is their province to note the special circumstances...of each particular case, and then say whether the со iduct of the parlies in that case was such an would be expected of reasonable, prudent j'ien under...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of ..., Volume 158

Alabama. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1910 - 774 pages
...to the conduct and affairs of men, have a relative signifi cance, and cannot be arbitrarily defined. What may be deemed ordinary care in one case may,...surroundings and circumstances, be gross negligence." On these considerations it is manifest that the evidence of negligence in each case must depend upon...
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Southern Reporter, Volume 69

Law reports, digests, etc - 1916 - 1160 pages
...to the conduct and affairs of men, have a relative significance, and cannot be arbitrarily defined. What may be deemed ordinary care in one case may, under different surroundings and circumstances, be cross negligence. The policy of the law has relegated the determination of such questions to the jury,...
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Government-industry System Safety Conference

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration - 316 pages
...modern situations, negligence will consist "in" not having looked as systematically as one could have. "The policy of the law has relegated the determination of such questions to the jury (ie, was he a reasonably prudent man?), under proper instruction from the court." When products and...
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