carelessly and wantonly

carelessly and wantonly
Without that degree of care an ordinarily prudent person would use under like and similar circumstances, and in reckless disregard of the consequences thereof, or of the effect of the act done upon the person or life of another. Hollingsworth v Warnock, 112 Ky 96, 104, 65 SW 163.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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