Moo!
A court in Ohio has declared that a cow is not a motor vehicle (MS Word file, sigh).
There appears to be no dispute that there was a collision; the cow was not insured at the time of the collision; and that the cow caused the collision. The dispute in this case is whether the cow was a “land motor vehicle” as defined in the policy. While a cow is designed for operation on land, we do not believe a cow is a “motor vehicle.”
Justice William W. Bedsworth has more on this case, with a great deal of humor…and footnotes.
The additional amusing bit to me is that this case was decided in Portage County, Ohio; that the case is “Mayor v. Wedding”; and that our wedding was officiated at by a mayor, and took place in Portage County, Ohio.
Our wedding ceremony did not, however, involve any cows (insured or otherwise), though there was a minor vehicle collision beforehand.
July 7th, 2004 at 18:45
Two of my bandmates are lawyers. I had to send them the URL of the Bedsworth page.