Wanton negligence
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
Reckless indifference to the consequences of an act or omission, where the party acting or failing to act is conscious of his conduct and, without any actual intent to injure, la aware, from his knowledge of existing circumstances and conditions, that his conduct will inevitably or probably result in injury to another.
Louisville & N. R. Co., v. Webb, 97 Ain. 308, 12 South. 374; Alabama G. S. R. Co. v. Hall, 105 Ala. 599, 17 South. 176.