This exposure is often increased by negligence in planning.
The recent case of a UK general practitioner being convicted of being a mass murderer, combined with increasing criticism of medical negligence and malpractice and an excessive influence of the large pharmaceutical companies has lead to the perception that the profession is under siege.
Under the US Clean Water Act, a ruling of negligence would have meant BP was liable to pay $1,100 per barrel of oil spilled; gross negligence increases the penalty to $4,300 per barrel.
Decades after the dangers of asbestos became widely known and employers began removing it from workplaces, negligence suits against employers are still increasing, with 90,000 new claims filed last year.
A finding of gross negligence would increase fines under the clean water act from $1,100 per barrel spilled through ordinary negligence to $4,300 per barrel.
For example in the UK, increasing malpractice suits against HCWs and necessary provisions for the clinical negligence scheme for trusts have severely impacted on the amount of money available for patient care services within the national health service (NHS) [ 61].
BP has made provision for $3.5bn clean water act fines; a finding of gross negligence could increase that to almost $20bn.
She accused the SUNY Trustees of administrative negligence, demanding increased regulation of charter schools, rather than less.
The Confidential Enquiry into Peri-operative Deaths focused attention on the importance of identifying deficiencies in standards of care; in addition, increasing litigation with expensive settlements provided an added stimulus to avoid problems caused by poor management or negligence [ 12].
This negligence can eventuate in problems such as rising of the water level in separator, difficulties in operational three-phase separation, increasing volumetric water fraction in natural condensate and gas outlets and finally reducing efficiency of separators.
