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Landowner's Liabilities |
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Cruelty to Horses |
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. (scroll down to view cases)
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Statutes for Horsemen |
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
U.S. District Court, Wyoming (1999) Recreational
Use Statute doesn't apply to negligent act by owner's agent
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
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
Ohio Court of Appeals (2005) Landowner has no
duty to warn social guest of dangers posed by horses
Illinois court of Appeals (2006) Special
use did not run with the land
Wyoming Supreme Court (2007) Evidence as to how cow escaped overcomes summary
judgement