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Wanton negligence

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

An act or omission by one conscious of his conduct, and, though having no intent to injure, conscious, from his knowledge of surrounding circumstances, that his conduct will naturally or probably result in injury. See 114 Ala. 492, 62 Am. St. Rep. 116, 22 South. 279.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A heedless and reckless disregard for another’s rights, with the consciousness that the act or omission to act may result in injury to another. Hazle v. R. Co., 173 Fed. 431.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

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.

Defined under Negligence in Black's Law Dictionary.