negligence
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But it’s the BBC’s negligence that highlights both the importance of “I Swear” and its innate shortcomings.
From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026
Circuit Judge John B. Owens noted in the opinion that the jury instructions explicitly cautioned against conviction based on a lower standard than negligence, calling the evidence against Boylan “overwhelming.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
Shock images of Argentine football icon Diego Maradona lying dead in bed, his stomach grotesquely swollen, rocked the negligence trial of his medical team on Thursday.
From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026
Scottish lawyer Fiona Harvey outed herself as the inspiration for the show's obsessive stalker, suing Netflix for defamation and negligence for billing it as "a true story".
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
At the same time, the overwhelming number of people who suffer an injury due to the negligence of a doctor never file a malpractice suit at all.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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