重じゅう過か失しつ

noun

gross negligence

Legal term referring to a severe lack of care that falls just short of intentional wrongdoing. Used in civil and criminal contexts.

• 重じゅう過か失しつによる事じ故こでは、賠ばい償しょう額がくが大おおきくなる。

  In accidents caused by gross negligence, the compensation amount becomes large.

• 裁さい判ばん所しょは被ひ告こくに重じゅう過か失しつがあったと認にん定ていした。

  The court found that the defendant had been grossly negligent.