The reasonable person standard is a legal concept that defines the behavior expected of an ordinary, prudent, and rational individual in similar circumstances. This standard is used to assess whether an individual’s actions or decisions align with what a hypothetical reasonable person would do under the given circumstances.

The reasonable person is a hypothetical person used as a legal standard to determine whether the conduct of the parties in a case was proper in the circumstances. It is the standard of conduct adopted by persons of ordinary intelligence and prudence.

A “reasonable person” is a fictitious person who always uses ordinary care under the circumstances. They are sometimes said to use “prudence” or “reasonable care.” The reasonable person does not exist in real life. However, people who do not act like the reasonable person can be held liable for injuries that their poor conduct causes.

reasonable person A legal standard applied to defendants in negligence cases to ascertain their liability. All members of the community owe a duty to act as a reasonable person in undertaking or avoiding actions with the risk to harm others.

One of the most important concepts in negligence law is the "reasonable person," which provides the standard by which a person's conduct is judged. The Reasonable Person A person has acted negligently if she has departed from the conduct expected of a reasonably prudent person acting under similar circumstances.