Irvine v. Rare Feline Breeding Center, Inc.

OPINION

CHEZEM, Judge.

Case Summary

Appellant-Plaintiff, Scott Irvine (“Irvine”), appeals an order denying his motion for partial summary judgment. We affirm.

Issues

The parties raise various issues which we restate as:

I. Whether strict liability is the law in Indiana wild animal cases;

II. Whether any exceptions or defenses to strict liability should be recognized; and,

III. Whether a genuine issue of material fact exists regarding either Irvine’s status or any available defenses.

Facts and Procedural History

For the past thirty years, Mosella Schaffer (“Schaffer”) 1 has lived on a fifty acre farm in…