CASPER — A Jackson lawyer who won a $1.2 million verdict for the family of a woman who died while horseback riding hopes the judgment prompts a review of safety standards in Wyoming’s equine industry.
Anybody have any details on this? Like, what equipment was not provided that would possibly have prevented such an accident?
I find it incredibly interesting this revolves around a natural horsemanship program. Is it possible that because students of this type of program are conditioned to believe in spiritual-esque relationships with horses that they might be more inclined to sue when the horse turns out to be just that - a horse? Should we really be surprised that when a typical equine flight experience occurred this "naturally" trained horseman had no tools with which to respond? IMO, this speaks more to that particular method of training, which has evolved to little more than a giant propaganda machine, than to the equine training industry at large. But that distinction is quite likely to be lost on a distant court system.
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