So, the Bundy family has been running cattle on that lands since before the invention of the automobile without any of them ending up on I-15. Then as soon as the BLM comes and seizes them one ends up on I-15. What a strange coincidence!
She’s going to have trouble proving that the cow was loose due to Mr. Bundy’s actions rather than due to the BLM’s action.
Livestock on Highways
Livestock owners are also exempted from
damages related to animals on highways
passing through open range. A.B. 436 (Chapter
301, Statutes of Nevada 1965), defined open
range and further provided that an owner of any
domestic animal running on open range has no
duty to keep the animal off any highway
traversing or located on open range, nor may
the owner be held liable for any damages
caused by any collision between a motor
vehicle and an animal on such highway. In fact,
motorists that hit and maim or kill livestock on
highways on open range are liable to the
livestock owner for damages to the animal.
From here - http://nsla.nevadaculture.org/statepubs/epubs/31428003027154.pdf