Legal Opinion
Williams v. Smalls
Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Decided October 20, 2010No. 4755Published
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
Pearl C. Williams appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment which held section 47-7-130 of the South Carolina Code (1987) did not impose strict liability on the owner of livestock for personal injuries suffered when Williams’s automobile collided with escaped cows. We affirm as modified.
FACTS
In January 2006, Pearl Williams was traveling along U.S. Highway 76 in Marion County, when her automobile collided with cows owned by Dean Smalls, causing Williams personal injury.
Williams sued Smalls alleging both negligence and, pursuant to section 47-7-130, strict liability. Smalls moved for…
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