Veronica Edwards

Summary

The Supreme Court of Alabama affirmed summary judgment for the defendants in a wrongful-death action arising from a vehicle's collision with escaped horses. It held that the governing livestock statute creates the exclusive cause of action for injuries from livestock on a public highway and requires substantial evidence that the livestock owner or keeper knowingly or willfully placed the animals on the highway; negligence or inadvertence is insufficient. The plaintiffs' procedural challenges were unpreserved, and their evidence did not create a genuine issue of material fact.