Article: Gross negligence.(LAW & MEDICINE)(Case overview)

Article: Gross-negligence waivers are unenforceable, says ...
Trial;  October 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... for future gross negligence (while ruling ... enforceable as to ordinary negligence). The state ... decision on the gross negligence issue and ... California defines gross negligence as either ... contrast, ordinary negligence consists ...

Article: Gross Negligence
West's Encyclopedia of American Law;      345 words ... ... the rights of others. Gross negligence is a conscious and voluntary ... extreme when compared with ordinary negligence, which is a mere failure ... exercise reasonable care. Ordinary negligence and gross negligence differ in degree of inattention ...

Article: Texas Supreme Court opens door to coverage of punitive damages; ...
Business Insurance;  February 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... cover punitive damages awarded for gross negligence could influence a variety of liability ... that insuring punitive damages for gross negligence, regardless of policy language ... Such damages are meant to punish gross negligence, the insurer argued. "We based ...

Article: Malice/gross negligence.(Medicolegal Issues)
Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... based results from fraud, malice, or gross negligence (1) or is based on a separate statutory ... existence of fraud, malice, and/or gross negligence must be proven by "clear and convincing ... elements of "malice" and/or "gross negligence" need to be established by expert ...

Article: Was suit v. hospital for ordinary negligence or ...
Hospital Law's Regan Report;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... suit against a hospital sounded in ordinary negligence or in medical malpractice! CASE ... suit against the hospital alleging ordinary negligence, not medical malpractice. Consequently ... was founded upon allegations of ordinary negligence, and not medical malpractice ...

Article: Delgado found not guilty of gross negligence
Oakland Tribune;  June 15, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... felony vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence. "God, what a day. ... I feel ... man, three-woman jury over the gross negligence charge was contentious and emotional ... in favor of conficting Delgado of gross negligence, turned unanimously against the maximum ...

Article: Was this suit for 'malpractice' or 'ordinary ...
Hospital Law's Regan Report;  October 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... medical malpractice and what may be ordinary negligence. Whether a claim sound in malpractice or ordinary negligence can often mean the difference ... the statute of limitations for ordinary negligence. More often than not the statute ...