HAIN, ANDREW J. v. JAMISON, ANGELA J.

I respectfully dissent. Defendant Drumm Family Farm, Inc. (Drumm Farm), as landowner and owner of the calf that plaintiff’s wife (decedent) encountered on the roadway, may be held liable for her injuries if it negligently allowed the calf to stray from its property (see Hastings v Sauve, 21 NY3d 122, 125-126 [2013]), and its negligence was a substantial cause of the events that resulted in decedent’s injuries (see Derdiarian v Felix Contr. Corp., 51 NY2d 308, 315 [1980], rearg denied 52 NY2d 784 [1980]; Pomeroy v Buccina, 289 AD2d 944, 945 [2001]). Contrary to the majority, I conclude that…