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~jlliems v. Tyslnger! 9? M.C. App. &]8 (1990). Plalnciff'e nlne'year-old son vae scriously injured *.'hen kicked by a horsc bolon{in{ Co the defendant. The defendant h~d inviCed the injured boy a~d his brother to play vith her horse Ind Coy v~ich she stated "l~d been 'raised around children end vould not hurt anyone". There vie no evidence of previous viciou,nesc On ch, parc of the herin, b~c ic did ettack the ambulance creu ~en it Irrlved on ~he icone 4nd entered ~he paliure. The Cou~ propenl~y iud d~d z~ o~er have iczuil or conl~ruc~ive knovled{e of lllbili~y. ~e i~ue o[ neSliSence ~s no~ con~idered by ~e courz in~rienced children ~o ~o in~o ~he ~ure by ~he~elvee and play ~i~ls. Beaver, ~he ~jorizy considered only s~ric~ liabilizy and no~ neSliSence' ~on v. gcone*creec~ 96 M.C. App. 564 (1989). ~e defendan~ u~, hlc~in8 Soil billl in hil [ron~ ylrd rich hil dos nlarby, ~en luddenly the dos rln inco chi icreec ~d ~oc~d the plain~i[[ o[[ ~r bicycle. ~l trial court cr~ced chili~ 4 neililence tale, ricer ch~ one of scrlcC liability. ~erl vii ~ local ordi~nce in effect ~kinl iC ~lav[ul ~or ~y ~er o~ i doS co ~mlc c~ dos co ~n 4C larie or ~ o[[ the prmiee~ of the ~er ~ile ~oc ~der the rescrJinc o[ a eminent ~r~on. The Court o~ Ap~al~ [o~d for the plalnci([, in ~rc because the viol~clon of the I~ delcrib~ ordln~cl, ff~ever, char· vas ~ vi&orous di~eenc by 3udil hccon ~o did hOC chink there vel elcher co.on 1~ neilli~ce or neilliencl per ae ~eed on the ordln~ce. The dissent ~c con~iderlble e~il on c~ vordin& o[ ~be ordi~nce ~caule the defendlnc did hoc ~mic the d~ co ~n lc lirie. The N.C. guprm rarefied chi~ c4ee zn i one leuc~ce opinion vblcb e~ciilly ~dopCed 3udie hcc~ dllsenc. [32& I.e. 798 State v. Dic~nel 215 N.C. ~03 (1939). ~il vii I crlii~l cale v~re the de/endue ~l chlried vlth s~ocinl ~d vllu~ble vhich had dos crei~lM ou[o ~l pro.roy of chi de~eM~C'~ Mployer. ~ ~urC ~ed cbac chre va~ no nid~ce C~C the doe ~s acce~clnj co acc~ck luy plrsou or aui~l, or cbriic~inl inju~ co prbpercy. In fi~iul chi defe~c Sultry c~ c~rC ~[atid "c~ pre~ence of the doe on bib ~Mcoatarily, alrhouah Creo~ooinsu. ~io is an old case' cri~ u~er a .u~rc~d .recurs. BuC tb 8~ offense ~cu~inl co~y ~uld ~ a vloLiclon of G.S. 14-360, ~nishsbLe by a fine of up co $~500 ~d iapris~mnc for up Co oM yur. ~iZe cbs Dick,s case ia 4 criminal ciao ic ~uld indicice thc killins a cree~sainB ~1 is ~c aucborised by Law I~ C~o ~uld prohbX7 result in civit Liability.