Olson v. Brunner
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Order unanimously reversed on the law without costs, motion granted and complaint dismissed. Memorandum: Plaintiff, as executor of his father’s will, commenced this wrongful death action after his father (decedent) was fatally injured by a bull while hunting on defendant’s dairy farm. Supreme Court erred in denying defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint pursuant to General Obligations Law § 9-103 (1) (a).
Defendant owns a 207-acre dairy farm in North Java. He has 60 Holstein cows and a four-year-old Holstein bull, which run together for breeding purposes in a 70-acre…
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