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<br />;artilty of citki.er arialicc, frfiud, wilfia.l deceit or arc gligerxce cc?rxsistili. ; c>i` reckless car vvilfil.l c1.i:tirc P_ard c.>('
<br />.e rights or seaftty of other.,_" See, elliso, I2La.1e 1 01 (a), C.3o1ca.
<br />'1'11c trial corm-t awarded ex.eaYaplary d;ivrriagcs irx accordance with st.ctaoll 6, chapter -50, -vc>1ume 2, '35
<br />.S_.A_, reading as fc.>llows: "In zall civil ELCtic7r1S in wlzicsh damages shall be a.ssessecl 1->y a jury l«r a wrong?
<br />one to the person, ca.r to pcrsaxaal or rea.1 prcape:rty, and the:. irkit.ery coxn.plaia-tc:d of shall heave been ettt4-_n6ed
<br />ir circurtzstaa.aaccs of. I:raucl., rrxa.iice c>r ii-Isult, car ax vvatYtan and reclclcss disregard of the ix->jurecl party's
<br />ghts a.nd :Oceliizgs, such jury may, in addition. tcl tTIC_- actua.l detnzaages sustained by such party, Llvvard hi.rra
<br />:asonta.ble eacenaplary ciatxnagcs. [I.... 199, p. 64, § 1 ; R.S. '08, § 2067; 7.L_ § 6307.1" Sec, also, FLttlr: 101
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<br />A.ltI nvxgla this se'ctic>n refers tea darraages to be assessed by ra j ttry, 'wc lia.ve he.lcl iaz Cs.-ilva.t v. f ranlcliim,
<br />0 C_'cwlc7. 444, 9 1s.2d 1 061 , that -WI-sere- ati a.ctic),zz Cor damages is tried to the 'coxzrt without a. ilTry 1>y
<br />Drnsen.t o['thc3 paxties, the court mm.y, in a proper cast award. exeazil>lary daxnageR LLT?der tl-tis section.
<br />It will be noted that the paragraph providing for excrazplary damages is a. prari c7J-a different 5i.atutc
<br />ad ha.s a. di•f'f'ercizt wordi nF, horn the secti oai of the law cleeding with body exe etations, ai-.d thttt the
<br />ireumstarxces uncler which e-xc:,mpltary Ciarrme;cs may be Livvr:rdcd are expressed in the a.lternati vC:, it was
<br />elci in C'.orycll v. T,awsotz, 25 Cc71c>.App. 432, at pa_gc 437, 1 39 Y. 25, 27, cited irk 33 A.L.R.. 652: "'t'hat
<br />urL c3('the verdict assessing e>_e"-1pVmry daxrnages could be Lipheld if nzalicc, fra.Lxd, car irtsult were entirely
<br />,ranting. It wou..ld be: stxlticient if the:. jury 'belitved that t1_1e injury inflicted on cle t'endant LP1 airati:rfl vv a.s
<br />tco_-nded by cirCU1rrLsta11c49 Showing a. w€antcazi axzd ree.k1e3ss disregard. of his rights arxcl feelings." We
<br />lccwise haave held tl-xat m.alice is not a,n. esser tial elexr.ent in a fincling c>f. excrnplary darriniXt-s. C'.larlc.v.
<br />mall, 80 C:_',olo. 227, at page 229, 250 Y. 355. The trial cc1Li3't n-jade a, further d.istiaactioiz in its
<br />-tc:iizorand.urn a s. to find.iia.g:+ and ju.dgrx>ent, dated Ta_tly 29, 1943, when it clitotcd front C?c7lacxz v. I+cax, 26
<br />'oleo. App. 55, at paage 57, 141 T.'. 504, 505, as rollows:
<br />"'Tlze word 'irxa.lic:c,' as used iaz cater st.?-ataate%_ the twc) selaaratc instara.ces, involved hea-ein, is
<br />u.sccpti hl a of two di.:f'(?rE nt coxistrttctioixs as tc-w its rtzcaszitig rand tiasc:
<br />"First, -11ic word 'nzalicc', tts cxscd in tl to statute (c -'. 68, IR.S. 1908, § 3024, the bc)ciy. _judgrra.ent
<br />tattite), is used in its "clio24S and TTZC'sl?vol?rrr sense- *_ ''° "'
<br />"Second, 'Malice,' as used in the statute ecanecrnin.g exciizpla.ry cietaz?agcs (section 2067, R..S_ '1903),
<br />rxay be- fcla_tncl lay the j?cry car the ccaa_art fkcxn-i the r'ezckl?ss cr.ncy rvcxr2rorz C4,CL• oftlzE iFXjaru-iY-1g party Suc=l•1 as
<br />ii ,close m-i utter disrcgjxrd of coai:se clucnce ., aside
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<br />:t oaZt any iiatentioizta.l xtzt?tlicc lI1 i.ts- odious cyr izza.levc?leizt sense."
<br />'i'he trial court, i.» its a.bc>ve-mentic>ncd xmen-ac>raxzd.utn, were fon tc7 say that the action c74"the
<br />lefendants "d.c?es slzow, ttsirxg the language: above claioted Ercai-ra the case of C:401-lc -l M. l ox, j titapra], 'aaz
<br />atter disregard of con.stquenc:es'," faan.d in its final _jvvc1vrt7-e11t iii respect to bcatlz counts nztide ta, B.ndins "tl?a
<br />Jae injury eorrtl>laiazed cid "' was attended by eireurrxst?aizecs s.hcavviilg ta. w;ir ton arxd reckless disrcg;arcl
<br />>f tl-le pltallitif-i's rights vend feelivipgs." We arc caf tl-%e opi"ican tl-lere wtts cvid.ence to suppcai-t this 11-Iding.
<br />'T'hc "w+tn.tc>rl or .racsklcss aisrcg,ai..rd c>i" the iaij urccl pftrty's rights "XI.41 f?eliLZgs" 7:r?fty be jitcige1,d x?4t: cai-ily
<br />=rc3ixx the stets of the cicfc: naL rtes, a.1vc-_ctdy 6(sca-lbcd., 1-a>_rt also frc>rn their, words. X-ri the itzstetnt ca.sc there
<br />,vats cvid.evico slzowirtg that when plltintiff ?addre4Seci cmQ oaf tho inciiviclual. clefeaid.antg €is cci hcaw x"axiy c>1
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