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It's not the same everywhere and definitely depends on whether your state is a 'free range' state. If so, the liability is on the driver. And neighboring landowners have to fence your animals out, not you fence yours in.

 

I live in Kansas and it's not free range. Landowners are liable if their livestock gets out and causes a wreck.

 

As a newspaper reporter, one of the worst car wrecks I ever got sent to was a car vs horse, 11 p.m, pitch black night, dark horse on a major 2 lane highway. The horse was a stallion kept in a small paddock alongside the highway with just an electric fence.

 

The two people in the car were killed. the horse was killed. It was one of the worst things I've ever seen, and I've seen a lot of bad stuff. I would be very surprised if the insurance company who had to pay out the claims to the dead people's family didn't sue the horse owner.

 

chris
 

      If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.

Lewis Carroll

Chris Paus

 

----- Original Message ----
From: susan cooper <desertduty@xxxxxxxxx>
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 3:00:46 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] Horrible accident - why?



Lysane Cree <lysanec@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

 I would think that the law on this issue is probably the same everywhere (at least in North America), but I don't know that for a fact :)  Certainly the law is that way here, the owner is liable for the actions of its animals.<<

 

Well, I was thinking about that.  Here in Nevada, it is a "free range" state, and if livestock is hit by a car, the driver of the car is responsible.  They are also supposed to re-emburse the livestock owner for the cost of the livestock.  And horses are considered livestock.

 

Susan in NV

Happy High Desert Trails

Susan in NV
Nevermore Ranch http://users.oasisol.com/nevermore/

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