Recent questions of liability for damages resulting from collisions between wild animals and motor vehicles

Abstract

The paper examines the issues of liability for damage caused by collision between an animal living in the wild and a motor vehicle. The study scrutinizes all the circumstances which, according to judicial practice, give rise to the liability of the parties to the incident: the conduct falling within the scope of attributability (culpability) and responsibility for the malfunction that contributed to causing the damage. It examines the possible effects of the amendment on existing case law and draws attention to possible problems of interpretation of the amending text.