Standards of Care

Question 1

Child

Answer 1

In VA there is an rebuttable presumption that a child under the age of 7 is incapable of negligence
There is a rebuttable presumption that a child 7-14 is legally incapable of negligence

Question 2

Physicians

Answer 2

Va holds physicians and other med people to the standard of licensed physicians in VA

Exception - If the traditional locality can be shown to be more appropriate in a case, the locality standard i used instead

Question 3

Common Carriers/Innkeepers

Answer 3

In Va common carriers and innkeepers have a duty to exercise the utmost care to protect their customers and guests from PI-

Additionaly the common carrier/innkeeper has a duty to warn and to protect its customers and their guests reasonably foreseeable injury from the criminal conduct of a third party