negligence doctrine

Some states, though, still use the contributory negligence doctrine when evaluating negligence in a tort.

However the development of negligence doctrines means that it is convenient to consider certain defences which have particular relevance to negligence at this stage.

"Employers have been liable for negligence for years, but the application of the negligence doctrine to our technological society is in fact relatively new," said Gerald D. Skoning, a lawyer with Seyfarth Shaw in Chicago.