Negligent operation of a vehicle results in financial liability for any action an impaired driver takes after entering the car.
It is enough for the state to prove that a defendant caused the death of another person through reckless or
negligent operation of a vehicle.
Depending on the facts of your case, you may be entitled to monetary damages due to the other driver's
negligent operation of their vehicle.
By placing legal responsibility on them for any loss caused to others by
the negligent operation of the vehicle on a highway.
If you allow another person to take possession of your motor vehicle you will be held liable for any damages caused by
the negligent operation of the vehicle.
Car owners are liable under the Highway Traffic Act for
the negligent operation of their vehicles by others.
Not exact matches
Defined simply, a person is guilty
of vehicular manslaughter when he or she causes the death
of another person through the
negligent or reckless
operation of a motor
vehicle.
If a bus driver is
negligent in the
operation of the
vehicle, he or she may be held financially responsible for any damages that result.
The purpose behind these laws are to provide any person harmed as the result
of the
negligent operation of a motor
vehicle with an adequate amount
of coverage so that the injured party can seek proper health care and other services in an effort to make them whole again.
«Governmental agencies shall be liable for bodily injury and property damage resulting from the
negligent operation by any officer, agent, or employee
of the governmental agency,
of a motor
vehicle of which the governmental agency is owner
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.
Such incidents, however, still carry legal liability and civil penalties if the driver was
negligent or irresponsible in the
operation or use
of their
vehicle.
The plaintiff sued the defendant claiming that the defendant had been
negligent in his
operation of his motor
vehicle.
Co., the Court created a common law theory
of liability
of a social host «to a person injured by an intoxicated guest's
negligent operation of a motor
vehicle where a social host who knew or should have known that his guest was drunk, nevertheless gave him or permitted him to take an alcoholic drink and thereafter, because
of his intoxication, the guest negligently operated a motor
vehicle causing the third person's injury.»
In accidents involving a motorist and a non-motorist, s. 186
of the TSA imposes a statutory burden
of proof, requiring motorists to prove the accident did not «entirely or solely arise» because
of negligent operation of a motor
vehicle — a «reverse onus» or rebuttable presumption.
«(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.»