Q: A horse spooked at a horse show and ran onto a state highway and hit a vehicle. Who all can be liable? Promoter???
Can the promoter, owner of rink property and / owner of horse.
A:
A Tennessee attorney could advise best, but your post remains open for four weeks. Poor animal must have been terrified. I hope the horse and the occupants of the vehicle are okay. From a textbook analysis, everyone is probably going to be pointing fingers at each other. But for a meaningful analysis, you would probably need to speak with an attorney/expert who knows about acceptable practices for the safe handling of horses, both for the horse's safety and the public's safety. You could check under attorneys in the Animal/Dog Law section here, or search on your own online. Good luck
Tim Akpinar
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