In the context of personal injury cases, the duty to warn represents the legal requirement that a person warn of an impending danger in situations where a reasonable person would do so. Essentially, the duty to warn is a certain standard of conduct in a particular situation that the law recognizes as reasonable; if a person fails to adhere to that standard of conduct for the duty to warn in a certain situation, the person may be found liable for negligence under the law. If a person has a duty to warn under the law, then, he or she may be responsible for any damages that occur if he or she fails to warn, or to act in accordance with the reasonable standard of care.