Negligent entrustment is best described as giving another person a dangerous tool or responsibility that the giver knows or should know the recipient cannot safely handle.

• A. A contractual obligation
• B. A form of intentional tort
• C. Negligent entrustment
• D. Strict liability

Answer: (C)

The main idea here is that negligent entrustment holds you responsible when you hand over a dangerous tool or responsibility to someone you know, or should have known, cannot handle it safely. In tort law, the key factor is the entrustor’s lack of reasonable care in selecting or permitting the other person to use something dangerous. The harm arises not because the person who uses it intends to cause harm, but because the entrusted item was given to someone unlikely to use it safely. This makes it a negligence-based claim rather than an intentional tort or strict liability. It also isn’t a contractual obligation; it focuses on the foreseeability of risk and the entrustor’s knowledge of the recipient’s limitations.