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Breach of Bailment

Breach of Bailment

Liability for injuries to horses most often arises in the boarding/training or veterinary malpractice context. Having your horse at a boarding or training facility creates a bailment relationship between the stable and the horse owner. This relationship forms when a...

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Working Students & Labor Laws

Working Students & Labor Laws

Does Your Unpaid “Working Student” Expose You to Liability Under the Fair Labor Standards Act? Many of the best and most successful trainers utilize “working students”, and more often than not, these trainers have at one point been a working student themselves....

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Get it in Writing

Get it in Writing

Oral contracts are enforceable in most states depending on the subject matter of the agreement. Verbal contracts contain all of the same elements of a written contract, with the exception that the agreement has not been memorialized in a written document. In disputes...

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Contractually Managing Risks

Contractually Managing Risks

Many horse trainers, instructors, facility owners, and even private horse owners have participants sign assumption of risk agreements, liability waivers, and/or hold harmless agreements in an attempt to avoid or minimize their liability for injuries that occur to...

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Alternative Therapeutic Options

Alternative Therapeutic Options

In many states, although often considered a therapeutic option or alternate therapy, the practice of acupuncture, animal “chiropractic”, magnetic field therapy, massage, homeopathy, and physical therapy are considered to be within the scope of veterinary medicine and...

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