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Okla. Stat. tit. 25, § 6 (2026)
Degrees of negligence defined
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Slight negligence consists in the want of great care and diligence; ordinary negligence in the want of ordinary care and diligence; and gross negligence in the want of slight care and diligence. R.L.1910, § 2919.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 22
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1983–2026 · leading case: Wells v. Oklahoma Roofing & Sheet Metal, 2019 OK 45 (Okla. 2019).
Wells v. Oklahoma Roofing & Sheet Metal, 2019 OK 45 (Okla. 2019). “"); 25 O.S. § 6 ("Slight negligence consists in the want of great care and diligence; ordinary negligence in the want of ordinary care and diligence; and gross negligence in the want of slight care and diligence.”
Graham v. Keuchel, 847 P.2d 342 (Okla. 1993). “] *362 The terms of 25 O.S.1991 § 6 provide: Slight negligence consists in the want of great care and diligence; ordinary negligence in the want of ordinary care and diligence; and gross negligence in the want of slight care and diligence.”
State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. Borders, 777 P.2d 929 (Okla. 1989). “” 25 O.S.1981 § 6. Slight care or diligence is "such as persons of ordinary prudence usually exercise about their own affairs of slight importance.”
Fox v. Oklahoma Mem'l Hosp., 774 P.2d 459 (Okla. 1989). “2 Gross negligence is defined by 25 O.S.1981 § 6 as the lack of slight care and diligence.”
Horton v. Hamilton, 2015 OK 6 (Okla. 2015). “" 25 O.S.2011, § 6. 17 . "Upon making inquiry of the Chief Medical Examiner of the State of Oklahoma, [the plaintiff] received a letter from the Examiner dated February 16, 1978, setting forth the true cause of death, the letter being her first knowledge of the circumstances of…”
State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. Braswell, 663 P.2d 1228 (Okla. 1983). “” 25 O.S.1981 § 6. Slight care or diligence is “such as persons of ordinary prudence usually exercise about their own affairs of slight importance.”
Sundance Energy Oklahoma, LLC v. Dan D. Drilling Corp., 836 F.3d 1271 (10th Cir. 2016). “To support this instruction, the district court explained that “the last word[] in the Oklahoma Supreme Court was that gross negligence was sufficient to vitiate an exculpatory clause.”
Palace Expl. Co. v. Petroleum Dev. Co., 374 F.3d 951 (10th Cir. 2004). “1989); see also Okla. Stat. tit. 25, § 6 . 3 Thus, the sole question is whether a jury could find that Appellee’s conduct constituted gross negligence or willful misconduct.”
In re Macco Props., Inc., 540 B.R. 793 (Bankr. W.D. Okla. 2015). “”); ICM Notes, Ltd. v. Andrews & Kurth, 278 B.R. 117, 123-26 (S.”
Kakkanatt v. Oklahoma Emp. Sec. Comm'n, 2008 OK CIV APP 38 (Okla. Civ. App. 2008). “25 O.S. § 6. In construing this statute, the Oklahoma Supreme Court has previously held that a finding of gross negligence requires an "intentional failure to perform a manifest duty in reckless disregard of the consequences or callous indifference to the life, liberty or…”
NMP Corp. v. Parametric Tech. Corp., 958 F. Supp. 1536 (N.D. Okla. 1997). “Okla. Stat. tit. 25 § 6. The Oklahoma Supreme Court has expounded upon this statutory definition, stating that gross negligence requires the intentional failure to perform a manifest duty in reckless disregard of the consequences or in callous indifference to the life, liberty,…”
Spencer v. Nelson, 2024 OK 63 (Okla. 2024). “" 25 O.S.2021, § 6. Malice is defined as the intentional doing of a wrongful act without justification or excuse .”
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