What are the three stages of negligence in order?

• A. Establish a duty of care 2. Breach of duty of care 3. Consequential harm
• B. Duty of care 2. Injury 3. Liability
• C. Responsibility 2. Neglect 3. Damages
• D. Causation 2. Duty 3. Breach

Answer: (A)

The key idea being tested is the sequence of elements needed to establish negligence. Start with a duty of care—the professional obligation to act with reasonable care toward the patient or client. Then (if that duty is not met) comes a breach of that duty—the standard of care is not upheld. Finally, there must be consequential harm—the injury or damage that results from the breach.

In this simplified three-step model, causation that links the breach to the harm is often treated as part of showing the consequence, though in broader law it’s a separate consideration to prove liability. The other options don’t fit because they either place causation before the duty, mix outcomes with stages, or use terms that don’t align with the established progression of duty, breach, and damages.