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Mounted Accidents |
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Cruelty
to Horses |
This segment contains law cases that address liability questions for injuries sustained in horse accidents while mounted.
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Statutes
for Horsemen |
Georgia Court of Appeals (1993) Liabilities for wreck at a show
Washington Court of Appeals (1993) Always look a gift horse named
duke in the mouth
California Court of Appeals (1993) Riding instructor's duty of
care
New York Appellate Division (1993) Riding student assumed risk of
muddy conditions
U.S. District Court, Maryland (1993) No assumption of risk in
riding borrowed horse
California Court of Appeals (1993) Rent-a-horse rider assumed risk
New York Appellate Division (1994) No liability when horse
trainer applicant falls off
Indiana Court of Appeals (1994) YMCA camp may be liable for
accident
U.S. District Court, Louisiana (1994) Instructor liability for not
checking tack
Illinois Court of Appeals (1994) Waiver not valid as to child;
animal control act
U.S. Court of Appeals (1995) No negligence in permitting guest to
ride
Wyoming Supreme Court (1995) Rent-a-horse provider may be liable
for mounting accident
California Court of Appeals (1995) State park not liable for
accident
Louisiana Court of Appeals (1995) Horse owner not strictly liable
for rider's injury
South Dakota Supreme Court (1995) Dangerous propensities;
assumption of risk
New Hampshire Supreme Court (1995) Release form not clear enough to
be enforced
Illinois Court of Appeals (1996) Dangerous propensities and
instructor negligence
Louisiana Court of Appeals (1996) Equine activity act applied to
show participant
Oklahoma Supreme Court (1996) Release form valid in Oklahoma
Louisiana Court of Appeals (1996) Track liable for injury to
exercise jockey
Georgia Court of Appeals (1996) Georgia equine activity act
interpreted
Nebraska Court of Appeals (1996) Wrangler not negligent; trail
rider with an attitude
Florida Court of Appeals (1997) Complaint stated claim for
instructor negligence
Indiana Court of Appeals (1997) Release form upheld --
rent-a-horse company wins
Ohio Court of Appeals (1997) Release form upheld -- rent-a-horse
company wins
Georgia Court of Appeals (1997) Experienced equestrian assumed
risk of being thrown off
California Supreme Court (1997) No liability when garbage truck
spooked nearby horse
Louisiana Court of Appeals (1997) $127,500 awarded for injuries
Mardi Gras parade
New York Appellate Division (1997) Outfitter's release form void
under New York statute
Arizona Court of Appeals (1997) Release form with trail rider
operator invalid
New York Appellate Division (1997) Equestrian assumed risk of horse
slipping on pavement
Wisconsin Court of Appeals (1998) Release form protected person but
not corporation
California Court of Appeals (1998) Exercise jockey assumed risk of
collision on track
Delaware Superior Court (1998) Liability for runaway race
horse
New Mexico Supreme Court (1998) Prosecution for death of
mounted child
Virginia Circuit Court (1998) Experienced equestrian should
have checked her saddle girth
Ohio Court of Appeals (1999) No warranty of gentleness in sale
of horse
Ohio Court of Appeals (1999) Owner not liable when mare races to
barn to reunite with foal
Minnesota Court of Appeals (2000) Owner of mare being ridden with
unweaned foal not liable for injury
Washington Court of Appeals (2000) No evidence reins were
defective or caused accident
New York Appellate Division (2001) No liability for kicking injury
while on fox hunt
U.S. Court of Appeals (2001) Rider did not prove injury resulted
from broken billet
Louisiana Court of Appeals (2001) Seller liable for injury to
horse test rider
New York Appellate Division (2001) Experienced rider assumed risk of
rearing horse
U.S. District Court, Puerto Rico (2001) Horse provider may be liable
for trail ride accident
Washington Court of Appeals (2002) No proof
of trial guide negligence in fall from mule
Massachusetts Court of Appeals (2002) Riding without a
helmet is such an obvious risk that warning is not needed
Minnesota Court of Appeals (2002) Owner of saddle may
be liable for injury that may have been caused by defective saddle
North Carolina Court of Appeals (2002) Father of horse
owner not liable for injury during attempted test ride by purchaser
California Court of Appeals (2003) No liability when
horse is spooked by backhoe
Minnesota Court of Appeals (2003). Liability
when trail ride leader runs her horse, causing injured person's horse to bolt
California Court of Appeals (2003) Primary assumption of
risk bars lawsuit for injuries from horse rearing up
Massachusetts Superior Court (2003) No proof race horse
had vicious temperament
California Court of Appeals (2003) Instructor's
advice not to wear helmet in reining competition not negligent
Kansas Court of Appeals (2004) Whether a horse had a
dangerous propensity is a question of fact
New York Appellate Term (2004) 13-year-old may not have
had enough knowledge to assume risk of injury in lesson
Nebraska Supreme Court (2004) Rodeo bareback rider assumed
risk of flip-over injury because he knew of horse's history
Michigan Court of Appeals (2004) No duty to warn that horse
might buck--an inherent risk
Iowa Court of Appeals (2005) Actions causing fatality not within scope of employment
Wisconsin Court of Appeals (2005) Statute protects colt breaking instructor and landowner
New York Appellate division (2005) Plaintiff did not assume the risk of negligent guides
Michigan Court of Appeals (2005) Court rules photo inadequate to prove equipment failure