Taking Counsel: State's liability for damage caused by wild animals

Jun 18, 2009
By Jonas Platelis [Jurevicius, Balciunas & Bartkus]

There were no regulations or case-law concerning the compensation of damage caused by wild animals until the Supreme Court of Lithuania passed a judgment as of March 24, 2009 that at least partly filled the legal gap. In this legal case, the question of compensation of pecuniary damages was examined. The damage was caused when a car collided with an elk that ran across the road the car was driving on. This case is probably the most common situation in which the question of compensation of damage ...

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