Texas Ag Law Blog: Are landowners liable for horse riding accidents

Tiffany Dowell Lashmet, assistant professor and Extension specialist in agricultural Law with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, takes a look at a recent case out of the Waco Court of Appeals,James v. Young. When a six-year-old child fell off of a horse the landowners allowed him to ride, his parents filed suit. Did the Farm Animal Liability Act apply to shield the landowners from liability? Read more…