Farmer sued for £1mn over cow attack

A businesswoman who was trampled by a herd of cows as she was crossing a field is suing a farmer for £1mn. The company director appeared at court in a wheelchair. She had used a public footpath to cut across a field with her dog where there were cows belonging to a local farmer. The court heard the cows had calves with them and may have reacted to the dog being in the field. She managed to get her dog over a stile but was “tossed around” by the herd of 40 cows. She suffered serious head injuries and was rushed to hospital to undergo brain surgery.