In the United States, the calculus of negligence, or Hand rule or Hand formula, is a term coined by Judge Learned Hand and describes a process for determining whether a legal duty of care has been breached (see negligence). The original description of the calculus was in U.S. v. Carroll Towing, in which an improperly secured barge had drifted away from a pier and caused damage to several other boats.
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