A factory's failure to use pollution-control equipment may be evidence of its failure to exercise ______ resulting in evidence of negligence.

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A factory's failure to use available pollution-control equipment may be evidence of its failure to employ reasonable care. The basis for the negligence tort lies in the defendant's breach of his or her duty to use ordinary and reasonable care toward the plaintiff, which proximately (foreseeably) causes the plaintiff injury.

A Factory's Failure to Use Pollution-Control Equipment May Be Evidence