DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Civ. § 18.16
Negligent Entrustment of a Vehicle
NEGLIGENT ENTRUSTMENT OF A VEHICLE
If a vehicle owner entrusts the vehicle to a driver who is so reckless or
incompetent that using the vehicle becomes dangerous — and the owner knows or
has reason to know at the time the vehicle is entrusted that the driver is reckless or
incompetent — then the owner is liable for damages arising from the driver’s
negligence.
You must determine whether at the time that [vehicle owner’s name] entrusted
the vehicle to [driver’s name], [vehicle owner’s name] knew or should have known
that [driver’s name] was incompetent to drive the vehicle safely.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- civ-2025-10-22
- Content hash
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