Universal Concrete Pipe Co. v. Bassett

Supreme Court of Ohio · Decided 1936-03-25

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Stephenson, J. It is becoming ultra-fasbionable in Ohio in personal injury cases to allege that tbe acts or omissions that proximately caused tbe injuries complained of were wanton. Tbe term “wilful” is seldom used alone, but quite often tbe acts or omissions are characterized as both wilful and wanton. We have no degrees of negligence in Ohio. We define neg…

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