Peterson v. Slone

In this cause, the Court of Appeals, in finding that Christopher had willfully damaged the automobile of the plaintiff, stated that “[t]he behavior upon which our attention is focused is the initial.act of taking the car which belonged to another and driving it without authority, without a license, and without the experience or knowledge to do so. The behavior on the part of Christopher Slone was, in and of itself, willful, for it was done without regard to the consequences and without just cause. As we pointed out in Michael Bill, supra [Motorist Mut. Ins. Co. v. Bill (Jan. 12, 1978), case…