Young v. Shelby’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “Tony Young and his wife sued Ronnie Shelby and others to recover for injuries inflicted on Young by two bulls owned and raised by Shelby. . . . Both Young and Shelby are experienced cattlemen who were displaying bulls during a beef exposition at fairgrounds in Perry [on April 2, 1998]. Young helped unload Shelby’s two bulls from the trailer in which they were being transported into a pen. To accomplish this task, Shelby released the bulls from the trailer, and Young manned the gate of the pen into which the bulls were supposed to run. Instead of entering the pen, however, the first bull collided with a panel on the gate, which broke loose and impaled Young’s upper thigh. After being thrust to the ground, Young was trampled and kicked by the bulls.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Young v. Georgia Agricultural Exposition Authority