simple negligence

simple negligence
Such consists of failure to exercise for protection of others that degree of care and caution that would, under prevailing circumstances, be exercised by ordinarily prudent person. Pettingell v. Moede, 129 Colo. 484, 271 P.2d 1038, 1042, 1043.
Inadvertence or mistake, usually caused by heedlessness or carelessness on the face of a risk which reasonable person would not take. Popow v. City of Margate, D.C.N.J., 476 F.Supp. 1237, 1244.

Black's law dictionary. . 1990.

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