04-15-2015, 12:54 AM
Regarding the liability concerning livestock.
Open range law will likley be in place.
"Open Range"
""You may have noticed the highway signs, but not understood exactly what "Open Range" means for motorists . Open Range means livestock (cattle) have right-of-way over automobiles on public roadways. It means a black cow at midnight has a greater right to stand as an impassable obstacle in the middle of a desert highway than you do to drive down that road. That's right, if you plow into a 2000-pound bull on a public road, you (or your estate) owe the livestock owner for the lost bull. Nobody owes you for lost or damaged property, income, limb or life. ""
What this means is if a fisherman spooks a prized bull into a fence and the bull breaks a leg the fisherman will be liable.
If that same bull stomps the crap out of a fisherman the rancher will hold no liability.
Even if you are in a public right of way, IE a stream bed.
By the way if you hit a cow on a road any where in Utah, and that road has a yellow road sign with a black cow on it you are liable for all damages to yourself and the cow. Even if both sides of the road are fenced.
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Open range law will likley be in place.
"Open Range"
""You may have noticed the highway signs, but not understood exactly what "Open Range" means for motorists . Open Range means livestock (cattle) have right-of-way over automobiles on public roadways. It means a black cow at midnight has a greater right to stand as an impassable obstacle in the middle of a desert highway than you do to drive down that road. That's right, if you plow into a 2000-pound bull on a public road, you (or your estate) owe the livestock owner for the lost bull. Nobody owes you for lost or damaged property, income, limb or life. ""
What this means is if a fisherman spooks a prized bull into a fence and the bull breaks a leg the fisherman will be liable.
If that same bull stomps the crap out of a fisherman the rancher will hold no liability.
Even if you are in a public right of way, IE a stream bed.
By the way if you hit a cow on a road any where in Utah, and that road has a yellow road sign with a black cow on it you are liable for all damages to yourself and the cow. Even if both sides of the road are fenced.
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