See Also: negligent(medicine)
negligent(dictionary)
negligent(dictionary)
NEGLIGENT ESCAPE(law)
Negligent Homicide(law)
Criminally Negligent Homicide(law)

Negligent (law)


A term describing someone who fails to take proper care when he or she should, causing injury or loss to someone else. If a court finds someone has been negligent he or she will normally be made to pay damages to the injured person. (See also duty of care).