Adamson v. Blanchard

TROUT, Chief Justice.

This case presents a certified question from the United States District Court for the District of Idaho. The certified question is as follows:

Does § 25-2119 1 of the Idaho Code grant absolute immunity from liability for negligence to an owner of domestic animals involved in an accident on a public highway, where the owner of those animals has established that they were “lawfully” on the highway at the time of the accident?

We hold that I.C. § 25-2119 affords an absolute grant of immunity from liability for negligence to an owner who has established that his animals were…