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- From: templin@rintintin.Colorado.EDU (Templin Geri-Ellen)
- Subject: Spooking and Liability
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.193138.3316@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
- Keywords: liability
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 19:31:38 GMT
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- I had an exceptionally scarey experience with Belle last weekend and now
- that my blood-pressure is back to normal, I started coming up with some
- not-too-pleasant questions which I'm sure you guys can answer...
-
- I was leading Belle across a 2-lane highway, following another horse. The
- place where I have to cross is at the top of a hill, so the oncoming cars
- don't have alot of time to see horses on the shoulder. We had gotten across
- ok and I heard a car coming up behind us so I was talking to Belle to keep
- her calm. I know she heard the car, but as it got closer she lost it and
- spun around in front of me and into the path of the car. The car swerved to
- miss her and she slipped on the asphalt, falling onto her side.
-
- We got ourselves back together and down the driveway in one piece. She was
- (as usual) much calmer about the whole thing than me, after I stopped
- shaking I checked her out but she only had a couple of scrapes on her legs
- where she fell.
-
- My question - which surfaced MUCH later - was, if god-forbid, knock on wood,
- the car had hit her, how does the liability work? I live in Colorado, and
- I know laws are different all over but I wanted a general idea. I have no
- insurance on Belle, just the normal car-house insurance. Belle is boarded out
- so my homeowner's insurance wouldn't cover anything... When a car hits a deer
- there's no real liability, so how does it work with horses? I'd like the
- answer to include things like Belle stomping on a guest....etc....
-
- geri (still shaking) & Belle
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