Court rejects claim over goring in Olympic National Park

SEATTLE (AP) — A federal appeals court panel has rejected a woman's lawsuit over her husband's fatal goring by a mountain goat that had been threatening visitors for years in Olympic National Park.

However, two of the three judges on the panel suggested that plaintiff Susan Chadd should be allowed to pursue her claims.

Chadd sued the federal government after her husband, 63-year-old Robert Boardman, was gored in the leg by the 370-pound animal in 2010 as he tried to fend it off with a walking stick.

Chadd argued that park officials were negligent in failing to kill or relocate the animal before the attack.

After the goring, the animal stood over Boardman, refusing to allow anyone to get close enough to render aid as he bled to death.