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Common collocations with negligence in American Collocation

negligence noun uncountable

US /ˈneɡlɪdʒəns/

serious

gross
serious

The Government also proposes three new offences designed to make individuals in an organization accountable for serious acts of gross negligence which result in death.

deliberate

deliberate
wilful

Welsby thinks that I may have a case if I were to sue for wilful negligence.

involving guilt or a crime

criminal
culpable

He said even if Dr Norris made an error of judgement it did not amount to criminal negligence.

personal

personal

Members will be charged for loss or damage resulting from personal negligence.

for which you are partly responsible

contributory

A finding of contributory negligence is highly likely.

types of negligence

clinical
corporate
medical
professional

He has written on issues related to clinical negligence and personal injury.

accuse someone of
admit
allege
arise from
claim
establish
involve
prove
result from

A private prosecution brought by the father alleged negligence on the part of the travel company.

They claimed for injury resulting from the firm’s negligence.