Glossary of Personal Injury Law Terms

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Reasonable Care: The standard of care in negligence cases; the duty to act reasonably so as to avoid harming others. Reasonable care is the care that a reasonably careful person would use under the same or similar circumstances.

Remand: The decision of an appellate court to send a case back to the trial court with instructions on how to correctly decide the case; often used with the term "reversed." Reversed means that the appellate court overturned the trial court's decision.

Remedies: Relief that the plaintiff receives from the defendant in a lawsuit. Often this will include monetary damages or equitable relief (i.e. injunctions).