Union Pacific Railroad Co. v. Nami

Docket Number14-0901
Decision Date24 June 2016

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    • United States
    • Texas Supreme Court
    • 26 Junio 2020
    ...to which he must conform to avoid being negligent is that of a reasonable man under like circumstances."); Union Pac. R.R. Co. v. Nami , 498 S.W.3d 890, 896 (Tex. 2016) ("[N]egligence means the failure to use ordinary care—failing to do what a reasonable person like the defendant would have......
  • Bailey v. Smith
    • United States
    • Texas Court of Appeals
    • 28 Junio 2019
    ...—that is, tame or tamed, domestic animals—and animals ferae naturae —that is, wild, usually found at liberty." Union Pac. R.R. v. Nami , 498 S.W.3d 890, 896 (Tex. 2016). The common law of England "based property in [wild animals] upon the principle of common ownership." Geer v. Connecticut ......
  • Cadena Comercial USA Corp. v. Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Comm'n
    • United States
    • Texas Supreme Court
    • 28 Abril 2017
    ...Scalia & Bryan A. Garner, Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts 78 (2012) [hereinafter Reading Law ].96 Union Pac. R.R. Co. v. Nami, 498 S.W.3d 890, 904 (Tex. 2016) (quoting United States v. Rabinowitz, 339 U.S. 56, 70, 70 S.Ct. 430, 94 L.Ed. 653 (1950) (Frankfurter, J., dissenting......
  • Staats v. Vintner's Golf Club, LLC
    • United States
    • California Court of Appeals
    • 1 Agosto 2018
    ...animals to the property, or knows of an unreasonable risk and neither mitigates the risk nor warns the invitee." (Union Pac. R.R. Co. v. Nami , (Tex. 2016) 498 S.W.3d 890, 897.) The doctrine precludes strict liability for injuries caused by wild animals, although how it applies to negligenc......
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