Have there been serious (e.g. large fines, jail time, corporate dissolution) penalties (e.g. judicial or statutory) for large bodies (companies, contractors, government orgs) due to extreme negligence about some harm prospectively (without the harm having happened yet) and speculatively (where the harm has not actually ever happened)?
As a hypothetical example, suppose that nuclear regulation is informed by Scenario X, in which 100k people die. Scenario X is believed to happen if conditions A,B,C are met, so nuclear power companies are required to meet conditions ¬A,¬B,¬C. But then an inspector finds that ¬A and ¬B are not firmly met. So then the company is dissolved and the CEO is thrown in jail.
What are some extreme examples of this? (E.g. an extreme penalty, or where the negligence is unclear (prospective, speculative).)
Have there been serious (e.g. large fines, jail time, corporate dissolution) penalties (e.g. judicial or statutory) for large bodies (companies, contractors, government orgs) due to extreme negligence about some harm prospectively (without the harm having happened yet) and speculatively (where the harm has not actually ever happened)?
As a hypothetical example, suppose that nuclear regulation is informed by Scenario X, in which 100k people die. Scenario X is believed to happen if conditions A,B,C are met, so nuclear power companies are required to meet conditions ¬A,¬B,¬C. But then an inspector finds that ¬A and ¬B are not firmly met. So then the company is dissolved and the CEO is thrown in jail.
What are some extreme examples of this? (E.g. an extreme penalty, or where the negligence is unclear (prospective, speculative).)