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Landowner's Liabilities |
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Cruelty
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This section consists of law cases that deal with various aspects of the liability of a land owner or occupier for injuries occurring to others on his or her property. There are other materials at the site related to landowner's liabilities. Select Statutes for Horsemen: Livestock Laws for a collection of statutes dealing with fencing laws. Select Statutes for Horsemen: Recreational Use Statues for a collection of statutes dealing with limiting liability of a landowner for injuries to a person he or she has permitted to have access to his or her property without charge.
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Statutes
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Texas Attorney General (1994) Attorney General opinion regarding
receational use statute
Texas Court of Appeals (1995) Recreational use statute doesn't
apply to social guest
Florida Court of Appeals (1995) Owner liable for injury to
trespasser
Texas Supreme Court (1996) Arena owner not liable for rock injury
to spectator
New Jersey Appellate Division (1996) Was racetrack negligent in
lighting track?
Vermont Supreme Court (1996) Landowner not liable for horse
kicking child
Illinois Court of Appeals (1997) Landowner's duty to prevent
escape of boarder's horse
Wisconsin Court of Appeals (1997) Fair exhibitor not a property
owner under use statute
Nevada Supreme Court (1997) County owned no duty to show
participant regarding locked gate
Idaho Supreme Court (1997) No liability for dog chasing horse if
equestrienne was trespassing
Nebraska Supreme Court (1997) Use statute doesn't apply to
social guest injured by horse
Louisiana Court of Appeals (1997) No proof hole in pasture caused
injury to equestrienne
Nebraska Court of Appeals (1998) Lawsuit against rodeo association
for injury to spectator
New York Appellate Division (1998) Horse show not liable for
injury from horse kick
New York Appellate Division (1999) Neighbor has standing
to challenge stable zoning ordinance
Minnesota Court of Appeals (1999) Loose horses on own land
don't violate run at large statute
New York Appellate Division (1999) Landowner has special
duty to protect children from horses
Louisiana Court of Appeals (1999) Landowner has no duty to
child-proof horse pasture
Louisiana Court of Appeals (1999) Neighbor not liable for pole
placed on land before purchased by horse owners
New York Appellate Division (1999) Arena owner not liable for
undiscovered leaky water pipe
Maryland Court of Special Appeals (1999) Judgment
against track for injury to horse reversed
Connecticut Superior Court (1999) Landlord not liable to farrier for
kick by boarded horse
North Carolina Court of Appeals (2000) Landowner liable for injury
from horse spooked by swinging gate
Minnesota Court of Appeals (2000) Show sponsors not liable for slip and
fall at horse show
Louisiana Court of Appeals (2000) Landowner not liable for injury
from horse stabled on property
Washington Court of Appeals (2000) Landowner is liable for
injury from horse stabled on property
Ohio Court of Appeals (2001) Landowner not liable for injury from open
and obvious hazard at horse auction
Texas Court of Appeals (2001) Lessor not liable for injuries on
highway caused by bull owned by leasee
Wyoming Supreme Court (2001) Liability for mounted accident
precluded by recreational use statute
U.S. Court of Appeals (2002) Fee for riding gondola not a charge for
using land under recreational use statute
New York Appellate Division (2002) Farm may be liable
for negligence of non-employee
U.S. District Court, Wyoming (1999) Recreational
Use Statute doesn't apply to negligent act by owner's agent
Arizona Supreme Court (2003) Lawsuit against city for
sledding accident barred by recreational use statute
Louisiana Court of Appeals (2003) Landowner not liable
for injury caused by utility pole support wire
Kentucky Court of Appeals (2003) Show management may be
liable for slip and fall at Rolex Three-day Event
Ohio Court of Appeals (2003) Seven-year-old social
guest became trespasser when she entered a horse paddock
New York Appellate Division (2003) Owner of leased
property not liable for death caused by horse belonging to tenant
Kentucky Court of Appeals (2004) Owner not liable to social
guest for injury from aiding in loading a colt into a trailer
South Dakota Supreme Court (2004) Owner enjoined from
keeping livestock next to land where they trespassed