Posted on 09/18/2014 9:35:33 AM PDT by redreno
On April 12, a triumphant Cliven Bundy and his supporters chased away federal authorities and set the rancher’s impounded cattle free once more to roam public land in northeast Clark County.
Two days later, a car collided with one of Bundy’s cows on Interstate 15, about 10 miles from his Bunkerville ranch, killing the animal and sending the vehicle careening down an embankment.
Now a Las Vegas woman injured in the crash is suing Bundy for negligence.
The lawsuit filed Sunday in Clark County District Court alleges Bundy “recklessly, carelessly and negligently allowed his cows to enter onto Interstate 15 through an area where he had no grazing or other rights.”
Danielle Beck is seeking at least $20,000 for medical expenses, lost income and other damages.
“She’s lucky she lived,” said Bob Apple, Beck’s Las Vegas lawyer. “I’ve been practicing since 1975, and I’ve never seen someone with so many broken ribs.”
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Smells of reid and the blm.
Never heard of Open Range I guess.
“...I’ve been practicing since 1975, and I’ve never seen someone with so many broken ribs...”
How many ribs did this woman have????????
20k ain’t nuthin. Insurance will pay. Lawyer will take his 30%. Next case please.
Given the actions of the Feds, she should sue them.
Can the defendant prove that this Cow was not one that the BLM chased all over the place, most likely thru fencing causing the Cow to wonder into traffic?
She should sue Harry Reid. His actions resulted in that cow getting loose. If Dingy had his way - there would be no more lands for the poor cows to graze on and they all would be left to cruise the Interstates.
So, the Bundy family has been running cattle on that lands since before the invention of the automobile without any of them ending up on I-15. Then as soon as the BLM comes and seizes them one ends up on I-15. What a strange coincidence!
She’s going to have trouble proving that the cow was loose due to Mr. Bundy’s actions rather than due to the BLM’s action.
um... she didn’t see a cow standing in the middle of the road?
I have been hit by deer before- they come running at you and even then the damage to the deer is much worse
$20,000 is a pittance if they really thought there was ‘negligence’ and that many broken ribs (those things hurt like all heck!) It sounds like more of a nuisance suit than anything (Hoping the lawyers say “Yeah we can win but it will cost way more then $20,000 to fight it- just pay her”)
Bundy sued after car hits cow on I-15
If the car hit the cow why you suing me? Sue the car.
Interstate highways around here have a fence, on both sides, always. Is it not so elsewhere? Who is responsible for maintaining the fences?
If Nevada is open range she may vary well owe Mr Bundy for the cow she killed.
In California the greedy plaintiff lawyers would settle with the cattle owner and then go after the taxpayers for the big bucks.
Bundy should countersue for the value of the cow.
It is to Let Mr. Bundy know they have not gone away.
The timing of this fence break is suspicious to me since it was a very short time after the standoff with the Feds. Hopefully there are good photos of the fence and the immediate surroundings. It should be straight forward to document a natural reason versus vandalism. In addition, it was a State owned fence and not “open range” as claimed. Bunch and likely the State had been restrained from doing normal inspection by the Feds.
When I was stationed Ellsworth S.D. I had to travel from silo to silo at a speed that exceeded the limit. The law was that if you were involved in an accident with a cow, on public land, you were responsible for the value of the cow, milk it would produce as well as a calf it could have had.
This woman is a scammer. I don’t believe she didn’t try to avoid hitting the animal.
I agree and there is where the deep pockets are, unless of course you are a reid lackey looking to let Mr. Bundy know that reid, the senate, the administration and the hired guns at BLM have not forgotten and are not gone away.
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