Cochran v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis

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1. ““In [Ex parte] Jackson, 378 So.2d 1112, 1114 (Ala.1979), the Court, construing [Code of 1975,] § 3-5-3, stated: “ ‘Our cases have consistently held that there is no cause of action under § 3-5-3 for a plaintiff-motorist who is injured because his car collided with livestock which had strayed onto a highway through the negligence, gross negligence or recklessness of its owner. In Randle v. Payne, 39 Ala.App. 652 , 107 So.2d 907 (1958), where a bull owner was being sued under Code 1940, Tit. 3, § 79, (the predecessor of § 3-5-3) by the driver of a truck that collided with the bull on Highway 11, the Court of Appeals held: “There must be proof to the effect that the owner of the stock knowingly or wil-fully placed the stock upon the public highway.” Randle, supra, 39 Ala. App. at 656 , 107 So.2d at 910 . In McGough v. Wilson, 273 Ala. 179 , 137 So.2d 43 (1962), which case likewise involved the collision of a motor vehicle and a bull on a public highway, this court took note of the Randle decision and stated: “[I]ts majority opinion held, in effect, that an owner of livestock is not liable in damages to a motorist involved in a collision with his livestock for negligence in permitting the stock to be on the highway in view of the statute.” McGough, supra, 273 Ala. at 182 , 137 So.2d at 45 . In McGough this court added: “ ‘ “Knowingly and willfully doing an act is different from inadvertently doing the same act, OR PERMITTING IT TO BE DONE THROUGH INADVERTENCE OR NEGLIGENCE.” “ ‘M”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 514 So. 2d 995 - Woods v. Perryman