Recklessness in United States

Recklessness 

Having a wanton disregard for the lives and property of others. An indifference beyond mere error recklessness manifests a willful indifference to the consequences of one’s actions. Can be the basis for a determination of punitive damages (q.v.)

Duckers v. Lynch, 465 P.2d 945 (Kans.),
Tyndall v. Rippon, 61 A.2d 422 (Del.)
Wolters v. Venhaus, 350 Ill.ApP. 322, 112 N.E.2d 747; Clarke v.
Storchak, 52 N.E.2d 229 (Ill.), appeal dismissed 322 U.S. 713, 88 L.Ed. 1555.
Tighe v. Diamond, 149 Ohio St. 520, 80 N.E.2d 122, 37 O.O. 243
Duncan v. Lumbermen’s Mut. Casualty Co., 91 N.H. 15, 23 A.2d 325, 326. (1941)