Duty of care by bailee requires ordinary prudence in safeguarding bailed goods under similar circumstances. Bailee must exercise duty of care by taking as much care of bailed goods as a person of ordinary prudence would take of their own goods of the same bulk, quality and value under similar circumstances; the obligation is objective, fact-specific and measured by reasonably prudent conduct in comparable situations.
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Duty of care by bailee requires ordinary prudence in safeguarding bailed goods under similar circumstances.
Bailee must exercise duty of care by taking as much care of bailed goods as a person of ordinary prudence would take of their own goods of the same bulk, quality and value under similar circumstances; the obligation is objective, fact-specific and measured by reasonably prudent conduct in comparable situations.
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