Originally Posted by Blue Order
Gobbledegook.
There's a duty to keep a proper lookout. There's a duty to exercise due care. Violate either of those duties, and injure somebody, and you can be held negligent.
Agreed, but that's a civil standard, not the criminal one. The reference to the civil suit at the end of the article suggests that she's already been found civilly negligent. Reckless disregard is a higher standard to meet, though.