SMITH v. MEYRING CATTLE COMPANY, L.L.C.

No. S-18-184.

921 N.W.2d 820 (2019)

302 Neb. 116

Harley SMITH, Appellant, v. MEYRING CATTLE COMPANY, L.L.C., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

Filed January 25, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Welsh and Christopher Welsh , of Welsh & Welsh, P.C., L.L.O., Omaha, for appellant.

Steven W. Olsen and Jonathan C. Hunzeker , of Simmons Olsen Law Firm, P.C., L.L.O., Scottsbluff, for appellee.

Heavican, C.J., Miller-Lerman, Cassel, Stacy, Funke, Papik, and Freudenberg, JJ.


NATURE OF CASE

A ranch employee was injured, allegedly as a result of the ranch's herding dog nipping at a cow, causing the cow to charge into the employee. The question presented is whether, as a matter of law, such allegations fall outside the strict liability statute, which states in relevant part that the owner or owners...

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