Sentence examples for the negligent from inspiring English sources

It is also in direct tension with parts of the tort law in the United States such as the differential treatment accorded the merely negligent person and the negligent person whose negligence leads to harm.

She continued: "But it is an ordinary negligence claim seeking recovery for damages allegedly arising out of the negligent destruction of a valuable property asset".

Mr. Cota was charged with the negligent discharge of oil and the killing of migratory birds.

They declined to elaborate on the incident in which the negligent actions took place.

The negligent coach — and, I'm sad to say, bullheaded quarterback — hurt their team and jeopardized their future.

A third is the negligent lack of preparation and initial resource-provision for rebuilding Iraq.Not everything goes right during war, or military occupation, to put it mildly.

Making fun of overinvolved, Type A helicopter parents of newborns is easy; in today's hyper-protective world, it's harder to lampoon the negligent.

Prosecutors take the view that the negligent adults have already suffered enormously, and prosecuting the owner of the gun would be a form of "piling on".

"The negligent harm done," Judge Young wrote, "was in no sense 'charitable.' Mass General simply cannot cloak conduct violative of medical ethics with charitable immunity".

Even in civil cases, quite a few courts have held the church immune from suit for the negligent hiring and supervision of priests who engage in sexual abuse.

Among the other counts Judge Masipa adjudicated, Pistorius was convicted of the negligent handling of a firearm after he misfired a gun in a restaurant last year.