ANDERSEN v. TWO DOT RANCH, INC.

No. 00-67.

49 P.3d 1011 (2002)

2002 WY 105

Kathy A. ANDERSEN, as Personal Representative of the Estates of Jared Steffen, Decedent, and Robert Dean Yates, Decedent; and Jody McCampbell, Individually and as Conservator for Caleb Steffen, a Minor Child, Appellants (Plaintiffs), v. TWO DOT RANCH, INC., a Wyoming corporation; and Maria Lopez Hernandez, Appellees (Defendants).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

July 12, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellants: L.B. Cozzens of Cozzens, Warren & Harris, P.L.L.P., Billings, Montana; Matthew F. McLean of Crowley, Haughey, Hanson, Toole & Dietrich, P.L.L.P., Billings, Montana; and Stephen L. Simonton of Simonton & Simonton, Cody, Wyoming.

Representing Appellee Two Dot Ranch: Cody L. Balzer of Balzer Carman Murdock, P.C., Casper, Wyoming.

Representing Appellee Hernandez: Katherine L. Mead of Mead & Mead, Jackson, Wyoming.

Representing Amicus Curiae Wyoming Stock Growers Association and Wyoming Wool Growers Association: Harriet M. Hageman and Kara Brighton of Hageman & Brighton, Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Before HILL, C.J., and GOLDEN, LEHMAN, KITE, and VOIGT, JJ.


KITE, Justice.

[¶ 1] Three vehicles collided with a cow on a state highway in an area posted as open range resulting in two fatalities. The plaintiffs,1 representing the deceased and surviving passengers of the third vehicle, sued Two Dot Ranch, Inc. (Two Dot), the owner of the cow, and Maria Lopez Hernandez, the driver of the second vehicle. The district court granted summary judgment for all defendants. We affirm the summary judgment...

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