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negligent

[neg-li-juhnt] / ˈnɛg lɪ dʒənt /


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Joanne Flickinger sued Schwarzenegger for negligent driving which she claimed led to the biking accident that landed her with hefty medical bills.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

That same month, a Los Angeles jury found Meta and Google's YouTube negligent in the case of a 20-year-old woman who said she became hooked on social media as a child, awarding her $6 million.

From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026

The lawsuit claims OpenAI designed an unsafe product and was negligent for failing to flag the shooting suspect’s ChatGPT activity to police.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Nicholas Brandram's sisters accused the Metropolitan Police of being "negligent and reckless".

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Bunderson didn’t yet know the neuroscience, but he understood the risk: If an activity was inherently distracting, then it could be seen as inherently negligent.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel




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