Chapter 12 Animal Liability

Index

Section 12.1 Fence Laws and Animal Trespass
Section 12.2 General Statutory Fence Laws
Section 12.3 Fence Requirements
Section 12.4 Division Fence: Construction
Section 12.5 When Not All Landowners Need the Fence
Section 12.6 Lawful Fence Determination, Maintenance, and Repair
Section 12.7 Animal Trespass Liability
Section 12.8 Animal Trespass
Section 12.9 Animal Trespass Liability
Section 12.10 Local Option Statutory Fence Laws
Section 12.11 Adopting the Local Option
Section 12.12 Fence Requirements
Section 12.13 Fence Construction
Section 12.14 Maintenance and Repair
Section 12.15 Trespass Liability
Section 12.16 Railroad Fences and Liability
Section 12.17 Automobile Accidents Involving Animals
Section 12.18 Missouri’s "Stock Law"
Section 12.19 Stock Law Defenses
Section 12.20 Common Law
Section 12.21 Disease Prevention Statutes
Section 12.22 Civil Liability Arising From Diseased Animals
Section 12.23 Scope
Section 12.24 Background
Section 12.25 Causes of Action
Section 12.26 Section 273.036, RSMo
Section 12.27 Elements
Section 12.28 Provocation
Section 12.29 Comparative Fault
Section 12.30 Criminal Activity
Section 12.31 Jury Instructions
Section 12.32 Plaintiff’s Verdict Director
Section 12.33 Comparative Fault Instruction
Section 12.34 Common-Law Cause of Action for Injuries Caused by Domestic Animals
Section 12.35 A Domestic Animal Was Possessed With a Tendency to Injure Persons or Damage Property
Section 12.36 Defendant Knew or Should Have Known of the Animal’s Dangerous Tendency
Section 12.37 Defendant Owned, Harbored, or Kept the Dangerous Domestic Animal
Section 12.38 There Is a Causal Relationship Between the Injury-Causing Act and the Animal’s Dangerous Tendency
Section 12.39 Plaintiff’s Status on the Property
Section 12.40 Comparative Fault
Section 12.41 Jury Instructions
Section 12.42 Rabid Dogs
Section 12.43 Negligence—Premises Liability
Section 12.44 Negligence Per Se
Section 12.45 Municipal Ordinances
Section 12.46 Section 322.145, RSMo
Section 12.47 Damages
Section 12.48 Equine Liability
Section 12.49 Liability for Injuring or Killing Domestic Animals
Section 12.50 Killing Dogs and Other Animals
Section 12.51 Railroad Liability
Section 12.52 No Liability for Leaving a Gate Open
Section 12.53 Criminal Liability
Section 12.54 Strict Liability
Section 12.55 Elements
Section 12.56 Damages
Section 12.57 Assumption of Risk
Section 12.58 Third Parties or Other Intervening Forces
Section 12.59 Trespass
Section 12.60 Public Officers and Common Carriers
Section 12.61 Nuisance
Section 12.62 Miscellaneous Animal Actions