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Cases of criminal negligence arise from acts or omissions if the accused was under a legal duty to do the omitted act. To meet the standard for criminal negligence, the act or omission must show a wanton or reckless disregard for the lives or safety of other persons.
Standards of Care and the 'Reasonable Person'. Download article as a PDF. To be negligent is to act, or fail to act, in a way that causes injury to another person. But no one's perfect and accidents happen to the best of us. What separates a common accident from an act of negligence, however, is the standard of care required in a given situation.