No Duty Doctrine in United States

No Duty Doctrine 

The general rule at common law is that persons are generally not subject to legal duty. This is not the case in civil law jurisdictions. There are many exceptions to the general rule in the common law.Family relations and co-workers owe a duty to each other. Duty can be assumed by one’s actions. Thus though one has no duty to aid a stranger once aid is offered to them that aid must be non-negligent.