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September 2020
#7, From March 2018
A polo match was being held at a very prominent club in Florida. At the same time, an antique car show was being held on an adjacent field. The very successful polo club had several regulation fields, and with the size of approximately 200 yards by 160 yards, there was more than enough room to hold both the polo match plus the car show.
Unfortunately, the two activities were divided by a yellow crime scene tape stretched between several wooden saw horses. The problem of course, was that the two activities were vastly different in that the polo match involved horses going at high speed and the car show was a static display of automobiles.
During the polo match a player’s horse broke loose and crashed into a gentleman looking at the portholes of a classic Buick; he was severely injured.
The case wound up going to trial with the result that the defendants’ expert testified that the crime scene tape was adequate separation between the two activities. Unfortunately, the same expert had testified that in a similar case in Michigan she had testified that it was quite necessary to have a very strong and secure division between such disparate activities. The defense expert was shown to only testify for the obvious benefit of the polo club and therefore lost the case.
The lesson is to always be sure your expert has not testified opposite to your case previously.
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September 2020
#7 From: April 2016
When leasing a horse to someone, or leasing for yourself, be sure the contract stipulates all responsible parties for: insurance; mortality and liability, vet and farrier bills, when to contact the owner if the horse is injured, feeding schedule, restrictions where the horse can be ridden, and if the horse is allowed to be transported across state lines.
Other documentation should include recent photographs, show records along with a current “in good health” Vet release.
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