A Farm Tractor is a Dangerous Instrumentality

July 14, 2014

In Rippy vs. Shepard(<–click for full case), the Florida Supreme Court determined that because a farm tractor is a motor vehicle and because it is of such size and character as to be peculiarly dangerous in its operation, a farm tractor is a dangerous instrumentality.

 


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