Liberación de responsabilidad padre menor de edad - Formas de caballos equinos
§ 16-120-201
Definitions.
As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Equine" means a horse, pony, mule, donkey, or hinny;
(2) "Equine activity" means:
(A) Equine shows, fairs, competitions, performances,
or parades that involve any or all breeds of equines and any of the equine
disciplines, including, but not limited to, dressage, hunter and jumper
horse shows, grand prix jumping, three-day events, combined training, rodeos,
pulling, cutting, polo, steeplechasing, endurance trail riding and western
games, and hunting;
(B) Equine training and teaching activities;
(C) Boarding equines;
(D) Riding, inspecting, or evaluating an equine belonging
to another, whether or not the owner has received some monetary consideration
or other thing of value for the use of the equine or is permitting a prospective
purchaser of the equine to ride, inspect, or evaluate the equine; and
(E) Rides, hunts, or other equine activities of any type,
however informal or impromptu;
(3) "Equine activity sponsor" means an individual, group, club,
partnership, or corporation, whether nonprofit or operating for profit,
which sponsors, organizes, or provides facilities for an equine activity;
and
(4) "Participant" means any person, whether amateur or professional,
who engages in an equine activity, whether or not a fee is paid to participate
in the equine activity.
§ 16-120-202.
Liability.
(a)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(2) of this section,
an equine activity sponsor or an employee of an equine activity sponsor
shall not be liable for an injury to or the death of a participant resulting
from the inherent risks of equine activities.
(2) Nothing in subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall prevent
or limit the liability of an equine activity sponsor or an employee of
an equine activity sponsor who:
(A)(i) Provided the equipment or tack and knew or should have
known that the equipment or tack was faulty, and that such equipment or
tack was faulty to the extent that it did cause injury;
(ii) Provided the equine animal and failed to make reasonable
and prudent efforts to determine the ability of the participant to engage
safely in the equine activity or to determine the ability of the participant
to engage safely in the equine activity and to safely manage the particular
equine based on the participant's representation of his ability;
(B) Owned, leased, rented, or otherwise was in lawful possession
and control of the land or facilities upon which the participant sustained
injury because of a dangerous latent condition which was known or should
have been known to the equine activity sponsor or to an employee of the
sponsor and for which warning signs had not been conspicuously posted;
(C) Committed an act or omission that constituted willful
or wanton disregard for the safety of the participant, and that act or
omission caused the injury;
(D) Intentionally injured the participant.
(3) Nothing in subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall prevent
or limit the liability of an equine activity sponsor or an employee thereof
under liability provisions as set forth in products liability laws.
(b)(1) Every equine activity sponsor shall post and maintain
signs which contain the warning notice specified in subdivision (b)(2)
of this section. Such signs shall be placed in a clearly visible location
on or near stables, corrals, or arenas where the equine activity sponsor
conducts equine activities. The warning notice specified in subdivision.
(b)(2) of this section shall appear on the sign in black letters,
with each letter to be a minimum of one inch (1") in height.
(2) The signs described in subdivision (b)(1) of this section
shall contain the following warning notice:
WARNING
Under Arkansas law, an equine activity sponsor is not liable
for an injury to, or the death of, a participant in equine activities resulting
from the inherent risk of equine activities.
(c) Provided, the immunity provided for in this section is
not applicable with respect to thoroughbred horse racing as authorized
and regulated in § 23-110-101 et seq.
