To finish up this introductory section on negligence, test your understanding by reading the following short case study and checking off the appropriate boxes in the chart that follows it. A group of students asked their physical education teacher if they could practice high jumps after classes were over. The teacher agreed and provided them with the necessary equipment. During a jump, one of the students hit the bamboo crossbar, causing a splinter to fly off, striking an 8-year-old boy who had stopped to watch and blinding him in one eye. The boy's parents sued the school, claiming that it was negligent for the teacher to have allowed the students to carry on such an activity unsupervised.

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Did the school owe a duty of care to the boy?

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Did the teacher owe a duty of care to the boy?

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Did the students practising the jumps owe a duty of care to the boy?

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Was the incident foreseeable?

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Was the standard of care being used reasonable?

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Would the court find the school negligent?

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Would the court find the teacher negligent?

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Would the court find the students negligent?

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The first element that must be present to pursue a case of negligence is commonly known as failure to exercise reasonable careduty to careproximate cause .

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An event that is the direct cause of a person's loss or injury is known as proximate causegenuine harm or lossstandard of care .