31.   He asked jurors, who begin deliberating Wednesday after nearly three months of testimony, to impose punitive damages on the defendants for gross negligence.

32.   If evidence of gross negligence or incompetence by doctors is discovered, the Office of Professional Medical Conduct could investigate later.

33.   In lawyer talk, only willful misconduct or gross negligence is a problem for an agent.

34.   Invoking the popular distrust of lawyers, the sponsors of caps would deprive citizens and their lawyers of the chance to recover large awards for gross negligence.

35.   Others say the action must involve gross negligence.

36.   Sometimes, outfitters also ask clients to sign a waiver asserting that the operator may not be sued even in the event of gross negligence.

37.   The administration also accused the utility of gross negligence.

38.   The Bush plan would limit such suits to cases of gross negligence.

39.   The committee ultimately concluded that the hospital was guilty of gross institutional negligence and should never have released Walford.

40.   The family and its lawyers are suing Epitope for gross negligence, breach of express warranty, fraud and deceit.