Identify the elements a plaintiff must prove in an action for negligence


An action for negligence consists of the following five elements, each of which the plaintiff must prove: (a) duty of care (that a legal duty required the defendant to conform to the standard of conduct established for the protection of others); (b) breach of duty (that the defendant failed to exercise reasonable care); (c) factual cause (that the defendant's failure to exercise reasonable care in fact caused the harm the plaintiff sustained); (d) harm (that the harm sustained is of a type protected against negligent conduct); and (e) scope of liability (that the harm sustained is within the "scope of liability," also called "proximate cause").

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