Sentences with phrase «conduct of a negligent driver»

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A negligent driver may also be liable for an accident caused by reckless conduct such as driving while intoxicated, drunk or under the influence of drugs.

Most of the time, a car accident happens due to the mistake or negligent conduct of a driver or due to an error by a mechanic, an auto manufacturer, or someone who has serviced a car.

If a company fails to conduct such investigation or is careless in its investigation, it could be held responsible for the negligent hiring of a driver.

If your injury was caused by the negligent or reckless conduct of the driver of the tractor trailer, whether in driving or in loading and securing the cargo, you can file a regular tort suit against that individual, and his or her employer.

They tend to be caused by an error, mistake, or negligent conduct on the part of one or more individuals involved and can be the fault of a driver or of a pedestrian.

When a driver's speeding or other negligent conduct, regardless of the weather conditions at the time, causes a serious or fatal accident, that driver can be held liable for the injuries caused as a result of their negligence.

Scott represents individuals and families who through no fault of their own have been devastated by the negligent conduct of others in dangerous products, negligent doctors, careless drivers, to name a few.

It is possible that the negligent conduct of another driver caused Clarke to veer into oncoming traffic.

If the tortfeasor's (negligent driver's) conduct fell below the standard of care, the tortfeasor was negligent as a matter of law.

Contributory negligence compares the conduct of drivers involved in car accidents and a driver who is negligent even to a small degree can be deprived of compensation for personal injuries, even if the other driver is overwhelmingly at fault.

The district court and the Eighth Circuit agreed that the second driver's negligence was the legal cause of the accident, and it broke the chain of liability between the first driver's negligent conduct and the crash that killed the family.

That conduct is simply whether they were operating the vehicle safely and following the motor vehicle highway laws, and whether that driver was negligent in the operation of the vehicle.

If the driver is breaking the law and that conduct directly relates to the cause of the accident, he is said to be negligent per se, and liability is much easier to prove in court.

If it still would have, then there's no causal connection at all between the negligent aspect of the driver's conduct and the bike capsizing.

«(a) The licensing authority in the home state, for the purposes of suspension, revocation or limitation of the license to operate a motor vehicle, shall give the same effect to the conduct reported, pursuant to article III of this compact, as it would if such conduct had occurred in the home state, in the case of conviction for: (1) Manslaughter or negligent homicide resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle; (2) Driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a narcotic drug, or under the influence of any other drug to a degree which renders the driver incapable of safely driving a motor vehicle; (3) Any felony in the commission of which a motor vehicle is used; (4) Failure to stop and render aid in the event of a motor vehicle accident resulting in the death or personal injury of another.»