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Hit an Animal with your car in Ottawa, Ontario? How about a Moose hitting your car?

What happens when your car hits a moose or a moose hits our your car? In a case of man and machine versus moose, who is liable for injury? The Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador was tasked with the latter question in Hartson v Hunter, 2006 NLTD 59 (CanLII: http://canlii.ca/t/1mxfk). The defendant was travelling on an isolated two-lane portion of the Trans Canada Highway in the evening, when he struck a moose. Almost immediately after, the plaintiff struck the same moose as he was driving his pickup truck in the opposite direction on the highway. The moose crashed through the plaintiff’s windshield, causing him serious injuries. The plaintiff claimed that the defendant was driving in an imprudent manner. According to the plaintiff, the defendant was driving too …