Personal injury lawyers in Baltimore have used this theory to recover damages from the owner, as opposed to the driver, of a car that causes an accident. The owner of a car may be held responsible if they lend their car to another, and they have reason to believe that person will be "reckless" "incompetent" or "dangerous". [Maryland Civil Pattern Jury Instructions 18:5] Personal injury lawyers in Baltimore have successfully argued that allowing another to use a car is negligent where; the driver was inexperienced; the driver abused alcohol or drugs; the driver had a lot of tickets, or caused a lot of accidents; or was "uninsurable". [MPJI, supra].
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