Hooper v. Mougin

On the morning of February 27, 1969 Dr. Joseph H. Hooper, Jr., appellant, was hunting on the River Hill Game Farm near Columbia, Maryland. Unfortunately, he was not a “lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill,” 1 or else the tragic accident which is the subject of this dispute would never have occurred. Instead, Hooper and his colleague, Dr. Albert Montague were accompanied by a professional guide, the appellee in this case, Edward Mougin and his pointer dog. While they were in the field pursuing their sport, Dr. Hooper fired at a quail but pellets from this shot struck appellee and caused…