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52 Tort Trial & Ins. Prac. L.J. 237 (2016-2017)
Recent Developments in Animal Tort and Insurance Law

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RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN ANIMAL TORT AND
INSURANCE LAW

Adam   P.  Karp,  Yvonne  C.  Ocrant, and  Cody  L. Lipke







  I. Introduction         ....................................... 238
  II. Animal Tort Law                     ................................... 239
     A. Officer-Involved Animal Shootings   .............  ...... 239
     B. Bite and Fright Liability    .....................  ...... 241
         1. Civilian Dog Bites                ............................. 241
         2. Dog Frights       ...........................  ....... 244
         3. Cat Bites                     .................................... 245
         4. Dog Messes        ...........................  ....... 246
     C. Custodial Interference.   ...................     ......... 247
     D. Airline Cargo Discrimination, or In re: Cecil the Lion.......   249
     E. Valuation.         ...................................... 250
     F. Equine-Related  Injury................         ............. 251
         1. Negligence       .................................... 251
            a. Primary Assumption  of Risk..         .................  251
            b. Determination of Relative Fault.....     ........... 253
        2. Equine  Activity Liability Acts    ......................    254
            a. Participants Under the Act................      ........  254
            b. Statutory Exceptions to the EALA ...     ........... 256
     G. Equine  Escape..........        .................   ...... 260




  Adam  P. Karp (adam@animal-lawyer.com) of Animal Law Offices in Bellingham,
Washington, is a vice-chair of the TIPS Animal Law Committee and in private practice
handling cases in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. He received the ABA Excellence in the
Advancement of Animal Law Award in 2012 and recently authored Understanding
Animal Law (Carolina Academic Press: 2016). Yvonne C. Ocrant (yocrant@hinshawlaw.
com) is a partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP and a member of the TIPS Animal
Law  Committee, Equine Law Subcommittee. Cody L. Lipke (clipke@hinshawlaw.com) is
aJ.D. candidate at Chicago-Kent College of Law and a law clerk at Hinshaw & Culbertson
LLP.


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