Injury by negligent handling of dangerous weapon, explosives or fire
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case State Ex Rel. Kalal v. Circuit Court for Dane County (2004)
Most recently applied in 370 Wis. 2d 771 - State v. Heidke (June 2016)
1977 c. 173; 1987 a. 399; 1997 a. 295; 2001 a. 109; 2011 a. 2.
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(1) Except as provided in sub. (3), whoever causes bodily harm to another by the negligent operation or handling of a dangerous weapon, explosives or fire is guilty of a Class I felony.
(2) Whoever causes bodily harm to an unborn child by the negligent operation or handling of a dangerous weapon, explosives or fire is guilty of a Class I felony.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a health care provider acting within the scope of his or her practice or employment.
Official source: Wisconsin State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Wisconsin statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.