DeElena v. Southern Pacific Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that gross negligence “involves the creation of an unreasonable risk of bodily harm to another (simple negligence) together with a high degree of probability that substantial harm will result (wantonness
• “Appellant argues that [gross negligence] is a tort wholly separate from negligence. But it is settled that [gross negligence] is aggravated negligence.”
• issues not argued on appeal were treated as abandoned

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).