51.   Assistant North Yorkshire coroner John Sleightholme ordered the panel to find the deaths were accidental, saying there was no evidence of gross negligence or any other crime.

52.   Commander Edmund Tan, chief of the Coast Guard in Negros Occidental province, said he filed the charges of gross negligence resulting in deaths and damage.

53.   Criminal prosecution is somewhat unusual in naval accidents because few involve a clear-cut case of gross negligence, attorneys said.

54.   Defense lawyer Marc Garcia urged the jury to closely consider the requirement of finding gross negligence.

55.   Fearing they will face legal action, FIDF officials have given limited explanations of their activities, and such reluctance only exhibits gross negligence.

56.   Government sources say that some senior officials at the BOT at least will be charged with gross negligence.

57.   He said a jury could find the lack of sprinklers in Boland Hall, where the fire broke out, constituted gross negligence.

58.   Her husband, five children and mother were seeking unspecified damages for wrongful death, malice and gross negligence.

59.   Investigators and pilot unions traditionally oppose the prosecution of pilots in accidents that were not caused by gross negligence, such as flying while intoxicated.

60.   It found no signs of gross negligence, the bank added.