Paper back law book A Model Negligence Essay For Baby Bar Exam Students - Look Inside / A recommended law school book Excerpt: Duty Everyone owes a duty to behave as a reasonable person would in the same situation. The standard of duty in this case is the standard of a reasonable person with others near him in the street. Here Bart owes a duty to act safely so as not to cause Aaron to slip and fall as he did here. This is stipulated by the facts because negligence is stipulated as to Aaron's fall. He also has a duty not to step on the hand of someone he already caused to slip and fall by his negligence because he owes the whole world a duty to look first and step carefully under Andrews and a duty to Aaron in particular because he was in the zone of danger (Cardozo). This is because once Aaron fell he must have been close to Bart for Bart to have been able to step on him. Bart thus had a duty to walk or run in such a way that he could avoid injuring Aaron and others near him that day.