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Owners of mart had acted negligently in handling of bull
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High Court awards damages in the sum of €75,000 to a farmer injured by a bull at a livestock mart, on the grounds that the owners of the mart were responsible for the stock once they had been discharged into the delivery pen, that they had insufficient staff, and that they had adopted an improper system in turning the animals back once one of them had been blocked in the crush.
Personal injuries - accident in livestock mart - attacked and gored by a young bull - broken ribs - PTSD - whether owner of mart negligent - whether plaintiff provoked bull by hitting it with stick - difference in recollection - whether plaintiff used stick - system of getting animals from arrival pen to crush - evidence from agricultural consultant - whether mart responsible for animals after their discharge into holding pen - insufficient staff in mart.
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