In negligence, what must the client sustain?

• A. Financial Profit
• B. No Harm
• C. Injury, Damage, or Harm
• D. Informed Consent

Answer: (C)

In negligence, you must show that the person who breached a duty caused real harm. The essential requirement is that the client sustains injury, damage, or harm as a result of the breach. This harm is what makes compensation possible and turns the breach into a recoverable claim. Without any injury or loss, there isn’t damage to compensate, so the claim won’t succeed.

Financial profit is not what defines a negligence claim—profit is not the harm being compensated. The idea of “no harm” implies there is no damages to recover, so the claim wouldn’t move forward. Informed consent relates to whether the provider disclosed risks before treatment; it’s a separate issue that can relate to negligence in some cases, but it isn’t the element you must sustain to prove negligence. The key point is the presence of actual injury, damage, or harm caused by the breach.