Court Opinion

ID: 9935972
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2024-02-09 18:57:07.686626+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:29:59.714973
License: Public Domain

But for one exception, I concur in all holdings. The one exception is that I do not agree that a cause of action cannot exist for statutory wantonness. If the *Page 158 
mere failure to perform a statutorily mandated duty can constitute statutory negligence, then the conscious, knowing, and reckless nonperformance of such a duty could constitute statutory wantonness. Because the record in this case does not contain substantial evidence of conscious, knowing, and reckless nonperformance, however, I concur in the result of affirming the summary judgment entered in favor of the defendants on the plaintiffs' wantonness claims. I likewise concur in the judgment of this Court. I join in Justice Lyons's special writing.