When Is A Tort Duty Owed? Understanding Virginia Negligence Law
Negligence is deceivingly simple. To many people, negligence is something that they would know when they see it. Indeed, practically everyone intrinsically understands that to be negligent is to cause harm by failing to fulfill a duty owed. However, despite this simple definition, it can be surprisingly difficult to determine when a duty is owed under the law, what that duty is, and to whom it is owed.
