---
title: "Set out whether a professional used ordinary care or skill"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/set-out-the-peer-opinion-questions-for-a-professional-s-standard-of-care/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A21-SB20261022-8-US"
practice_area: "Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Set out whether a professional used ordinary care or skill

> From the professional service and the opinion the lawyer supplies, build a question table on ordinary care or skill. Do not decide whether the service met that standard and do not write the advice.

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | From the professional service and the opinion the lawyer supplies, build a question table on ordinary care or skill. Do not decide whether the service met that standard and do not write the advice. |
| What the lawyer must review | California Civil Code § 1714(a) extends responsibility to an injury occasioned by a want of ordinary care or skill. The opened text does not create a peer-opinion defence and does not say a widely accepted practice is conclusive. ABA Formal Opinion 512 requires independent verification of generative output under Model Rule 1.1 before you rely on it for advice. You decide the standard and you write the advice. Do not import Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) s 5O. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Set out the peer-opinion questions for a professional's standard of care](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/set-out-the-peer-opinion-questions-for-a-professional-s-standard-of-care.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: From the professional service and the opinion the lawyer supplies, build a question table on ordinary care or skill. Do not decide whether the service met that standard and do not write the advice.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Health-care claims may have a damages cap or a limitations rule that § 1714 does not state. Open that statute before you use a number.
- Other states define professional skill by case law or a different statute.

## Sources

- [California Civil Code § 1714, responsibility for wilful acts and for want of ordinary care](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV&sectionNum=1714.) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Formal Opinion 512, Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools (29 July 2024)](https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*