GRABER, Judge.
This case concerns a collision between a cow and a tractor-trailer on State Highway 97 in a "livestock district." Plaintiff driver sued defendant, owner of the cow, on a theory of ordinary negligence. Defendant obtained a summary judgment on the grounds that (1) there is no common law negligence action available to a motorist who hits an animal described in ORS chapter 607 and (2) the applicable statute is ORS 607.045(1), which requires that plaintiff...
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