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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee cow owners would be granted immunity from lawsuits for so-called "bovine activities" under legislation headed for a full Senate vote.
The measure sponsored by Republican Sen. Ferrell Haile of Gallatin was unanimously approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. The companion bill is awaiting a vote in the House Agriculture Committee.
Under the proposal, people engaged in "bovine activities" such as riding, training or milking could not sue the beasts' owners who properly maintain their fences and post warning signs.
The legislation notes the "propensity of a bovine to behave in ways that may result in injury, loss, damage or death to persons on or around the bovine."
As Haile put it: "You can't predict what a cow's going to do."
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Read SB0339 at: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.
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