Assume a jury rules that John Forsyth was driving negligently and caused an automobile crash that injured the plaintiff.
a. Does moral fault attach to Forsyth?
b. Would your answer in (a) be different if John were uninsured and unable to pay the judgment? If your answer is yes, what is the fault-driving negligently or being uninsured?
c. Assuming Forsyth had adequate insurance, what consequences does he personally suffer as a result of his negligence? Does the accident go into his permanent employment records? Into a national database of negligent drivers? Or can he conceal it in all of his future personal transactions?
d. Can society reasonably expect Forsyth to become a more careful and accident-free driver following his first accident?
e. Is the law of negligence more about social policy or more about providing for compensation to injured persons?