Code of Federal Regulations · Section
§ 5.29 — Negligence
46 C.F.R. § 5.29
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Negligence is the commission of an act which a reasonable and prudent person of the same station, under the same circumstances, would not commit, or the failure to perform an act which a reasonable and prudent person of the same station, under the same circumstances, would not fail to perform.
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Superintendence of the merchant marine46 U.S.C. § 2103