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Potential liability

I could really do with some help with potential liability!

A group of young heifers were spooked and injured, a dog walker on a public footpath crossing my field. The cattle then escaped from the field and caused damage trampling over a front garden.

What is my potential liability for both the personal injury and damage to property.]

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  • huckster
    huckster Posts: 5,590 Forumite
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    Notify your Insurers of exactly what happened and it is up to them to decide whether their is any liability. They might send someone out depending on the amount of potential liability.

    If you did not secure the cows properly and it is nothing to do with dog walker being negligent, then yes their could be liability of the landlowner.
    The comments I post are personal opinion. Always refer to official information sources before relying on internet forums. If you have a problem with any organisation, enter into their official complaints process at the earliest opportunity, as sometimes complaints have to be started within a certain time frame.
  • rs65
    rs65 Posts: 5,682 Forumite
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    What is my potential liability for both the personal injury and damage to property.]
    Your liability? As a student, probably no liability. Is this more homework? What do you think the answer is?
  • FutureGirl
    FutureGirl Posts: 1,252 Forumite
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    Read your Uni books and it'll tell you.
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