Unleashed Dog May Have Raised Injury Risk At Stable, California Appeals Court Says

(October 12, 2020, 7:05 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A stable met its burden to show that the risk of being injured by an untethered horse is an inherent part of the risk of tending to horses, a California appeals court held Sept. 30.  However, a triable issue exists as to whether the stable unreasonably increased the inherent risk by failing to enforce its policy against unleashed dogs, it said, reversing a ruling for the stable in a woman’s suit over injuries she sustained after a loose, barking dog spooked an untethered horse (Shelly Plath v. Palo Mar Stables Inc., No. A159435, Calif. App., 1st App. Dist., Div. 2, 2020 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 6374)....

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