Edgar B. Thomsen, Jr. v. United States

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that “in the civil context ‘willful conduct ... may ... indicate a reckless disregard for obvious or known risks’ ” (quoting Monday v. United States, 421 F.2d 1210, 1215 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 400 U.S. 821, 91 S.Ct. 38, 27 L.Ed.2d 48 (1970))
• “In the civil context, ‘willful conduct . . . may also indicate a reckless disregard for obvious or known risks.’”
• “In the civil context, ‘willful conduct . . . may also indicate a reckless disregard for obvious or known risks.’”
• “In the civil context, ‘willful conduct denotes intentional, knowing and voluntary acts. It may also indicate a reckless disregard for obvious or known risks.’” (quoting Monday v. United States, 421 F.2d 1210, 1215 (7th Cir. 1970))
• “In the civil context, ‘willful conduct denotes intentional, knowing and voluntary acts. It may also indicate a reckless disregard for obvious or known risks.’” (quoting Monday v. United States, 421 F.2d 1210, 1215 (7th Cir. 1970))
• a plaintiff may be found willful “even though the payments to the other creditors may have been made in good faith or even in the mistaken belief that the payments were required to be made in preference to payments to the government”

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