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Defining Liability

Understanding the exceptions and the definitions are essential to making sense of your state's equine activity liability law. ...

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Dogs And The Law

Horse farm liability is not limited to injuries caused by horses. Dogs also can create risks for a farm owner. ...

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Finding Fault

Falling off a horse is an inherent risk of riding and does not always mean that someone, somewhere, was negligent....

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Scuppy, Part 2

The "first bite rule" took a serious hit in Connecticut when the state Court of Appeals ruled that the proper question in a personal injury lawsuit was not whether an individual horse had a known history of biting, but whether horses as a species had dangerous propensities....

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Inherent Risks

State equine activity liability laws reduce personal injury lawsuit numbers by legislatively mandating the assumption of many risks by participants. But do the statutes provide too much protection for farm owners and competition sponsors?...

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Sentimental Journey

The American Veterinary Medical Association touts the value of the human-animal bond while opposing monetary awards in a lawsuit for the sentimental value of an animal harmed by someone's negligence. Would allowing non-economic damages cause more harm than good? ...

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The Dating Game

Some Internet romances work out, some do not. Barbara and William met through an online dating service in January 2005. Their profiles included photographs of them riding horses and after chatting by e-mail and telephone, the two decided to meet in person. They discussed their respective riding expertise on the first date: Barbara said that she had ridden and owned horses in the past but that she had...

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Are Horses Attractive Nuisances?

A reader commenting on last week’s blog about giving horses the benefit of the "one free bite" rule mentioned attractive nuisance laws as the other side of the coin, a way to impose liability for injuries to careless children. "Attractive nuisance" sounds like a contradiction in terms. How can something that’s attractive, like a painting or a sunset also be a nuisance? And what does it have to do with...

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One Free Bite

The so-called "one bite rule" has been around for centuries. The rule was a well-established tenet of English common law as far back as the 1600s and the principle migrated to the United States with English law after the Revolutionary War. Typically applied to encounters between humans and dogs, the rule holds the owner blameless for injuries inflicted by an animal if the owner had no prior knowledge...

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Trainer Liability

If you train riders in any discipline, at any level, a recent decision from an appellate court in California should give you pause. In November 2006, while competing in a two-star eventing competition at Galway Downs near Temecula, California, 17-year-old Mia Eriksson was killed during the cross country phase. Her horse, Koryography, fell at a water jump and the rider came off over the animal’s head...

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Equine lawyers don’t sue horses—but what, exactly, do they do? And why does it matter? Horses and the Law brings you an in-depth look at the important legal issues affecting horse owners and exhibitors today, including liability, sales and bloodstock agents, contracts and other business concerns, taxes, the animal rights vs. animal welfare debate, and legislation. If you agree with something, or even if you don’t, feel free to comment. Just keep it tasteful. And remember that Horses and the Law does not—and cannot—address your specific legal problems, and is not a source of legal advice. For that, you should contact your own attorney.

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