If a wounded deer running into a road causes a car-deer collision resulting in car damage, injury, or death, who should be held liable?
Now that Pennsylvania’s statewide firearm deer hunting season began on Saturday, Nov. 26, drivers need to be especially cautious as hunters will be pushing deer through the woods and across busy highways and panicked wounded deer will be running into the roads. In addition, when a matriarch doe is killed, whose job it is to safely cross her family, her orphans will run into the roads without caution.
Studies show that hunting actually increases car-deer collisions. According to the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration, most car-deer collisions happen during hunting season. Pennsylvania’s second largest insurance company — Erie Insurance — collected data that showed a five-fold increase in car-deer collisions on the first day of hunting, and that car-deer collisions remain high throughout hunting season.
This fact raises the issue of liability. If a wounded deer running into a road causes a car-deer collision resulting in car damage, injury, or death, should the Pennsylvania Game Commission , the property owner who gave permission to the hunter to hunt, a municipality sponsoring a deer-killing program, or the hunter be liable for damages?If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation.
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