"Tortuous or wrongful conduct can be either intentional or negligent.
Intentional torts, as the name implies, involves conduct that the
actor intended to occur.:
Negligence, on the other hand involves conduct that was not intended
to cause harm or injury, but nonetheless did so and also breached some
duty of care imposed by the law.
A person may be liable for an injury if he or she doesn't not act with
the same level of level of care a reasonable person would use under
similar circumstances."...
Legal Aspects of Code Administration; ICC;
International Code Council Inc, Copyright 2002 "