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A bolt of lightning struck a tree, causing it to fall on a farmer's fence which enclosed a pasture containing the farmer's large bull. The bull escaped through the broken fence and entered the neighbor's property. It gored a hiker who was crossing the neighbor's property without permission. In the hiker's action against the farmer based on strict liability, is the hiker likely to prevail

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Answer:   C. No, because a bull is a domestic animal.

Explanation:

Strict liability does not apply in the case of a domestic animal that is acting out of character. The owner of such an animal is not likely to incur liabilities if they did not know that the animal was able to act as such.

So long as the farmer in this scenario did not know that the bull would gore a person, the farmer will not be held responsible for the injuries to the hiker because it was a domesticated animal that was acting abnormally.

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