Gross negligence

In the law of bailment. The want of slight diligence. The want of that care which every man of common sense, how inattentive soever, takes of his own property. The omission of that care which even inattentive and thoughtless men never full to -take of their own property.

Litchfield v. White, 7 N. Y. 442, 57 Am. Dec. 534; Lycoming Ins. Co. v. Barringer, 73 III. 235; Seybel v. National Currency Bank. 54 N. Y. 299, 13 Am. Rep. 583; Bannon v. Baltimore & O. R. Co... 24 Md. 124; Briggs v. Spaniding, 141 U. S. 132 , 11 Sup. Ct. 925, 35 L. Eld. 662; Preston v. Prather, 137 U. S. 604 , 11 Sup. Ct 162, 34 In Ed. 788.

In the law of torts (and especially with reference to personal injury cases), the term means such negligence as evidences a reckless disregard of human life, or of the safety of persons exposed to its dangerous effects, or that entire want of care which would raise the presumption of a conscious indifference to the rights of others which is equivalent to an intentional violation of them.

McDonald v. Railroad Co.. (Tex. Civ. App.) 21 S. W. 775; Railroad Co., v. Robinson. 4 Bush (Ky.) 509; Railroad Co., v. Bodemer, 139 111. 596, 29 N. E. 692, 32 Am. St. Rep. 218; Denman v. Johnston, 85 Mich. 387, 48 N. W. 565; Rnilroad Co. v. Orr, 121 A.a. 489, 26 South. 35 ; Coit v. Western Union Tel. Co., 130 Cal. 657, 63 Pac. 83, 53 L. R. A. 678, 80 Am. St. Rep. 153.