The reasonable person standard compares the actions of the wrongdoer/tortfeasor with those of a hypothetical person known as the reasonable person.The standard of care that the law presumes the reasonable person meets is:
A)ordinary care or due care
B)extraordinary care
C)minimal care
D)the law presumes no particular standard of care;each case is evaluated individually
E)none of the above

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The reasonable person standard is often used to determine whether a person has acted with negligence or not. In order to determine negligence, the actions of the defendant are compared to those of a hypothetical person known as the reasonable person. The standard of care that this hypothetical person meets is the standard of ordinary care or due care. This means that the reasonable person takes the same level of care that a reasonably prudent person would take in similar circumstances. Therefore, the best answer is A) ordinary care or due care.

The Reasonable Person Standard Compares the Actions of the Wrongdoer/tortfeasor