Sir, that was my point I suppose- the jury is the decider of fact. Bottomline- the child died because the woman left her in the vehicle after dropping off her own kid- not sure how a jury concluded that she was not (criminally) negligent to some degree- the minor nontraffic ticket that judge found her liable for not withstanding.
Correct me if I wrong, but negligence does not require intent, if it did then it would be a homicide of some sort...
You are correct, the standard for negligence is that someone knew or should have known that a particular action or failure to act would lead to a particular consequence and performed (or didn’t) the action anyway.