unavoidable accident doctrine

unavoidable-accident doctrine. Torts. The rule holding no party liable for an accident that was not foreseeable and that could not have been prevented by the exercise of reasonable care. • The modern trend is for courts to ignore this doctrine, relying instead on the basic concepts of duty, negligence, and proximate cause. — Also termed inevitable-accident doctrine. [Cases: Automobiles 201(10); Negligence 440. C.J.S. Motor Vehicles § 517; Negligence§§ 66–68, 209.]

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