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Florida Equine Liability Release Forms For Individual

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The Florida equine liability release forms for individual are essential documents designed to protect equine managers and riders from legal claims associated with the inherent risks of equine activities. These forms acknowledge the unpredictable behaviors of horses and the risks involved, including potential injuries or damages. Key features of the form include a detailed section on the assumption of risk by the rider, a waiver of liability for negligence (where permissible), and provisions for indemnification of the manager. It also stipulates that actions must be filed within one year of an incident and caps damages for property at $250 and $10,000 for pain and suffering. The form requires users to agree to follow the manager's rules and disclose their riding abilities fully. This form is particularly useful for attorneys, partners, and managers in the equine industry to mitigate liability risks, while also aiding owners, associates, paralegals, and legal assistants in understanding the rights and responsibilities outlined within. Users should ensure all sections are filled out accurately before use, keeping in mind that legal counsel may be advisable to ensure compliance with state laws.

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As tempting as it may be, you should never write your own liability waiver. Unless you're a fully qualified lawyer with experience in this area, it's likely that you'll omit critical language that puts your business at risk for lawsuits.

Activity risks: The waiver should describe in detail the risks surrounding the activity or service provided by your company. The participant must be made fully informed of potential risks before they can take part in the activity. They must also be made aware that your company will not cover their insurance costs.

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Release of Liability Owner Rider - Horse Equine Forms

773.01

Definitions.

(1) "Engages in an equine activity" means riding, training, assisting in veterinary treatment of, driving, or being a passenger upon an equine, whether mounted or unmounted, visiting or touring or utilizing an equine facility as part of an organized event or activity, or any person assisting a participant or show management. The term "engages in an equine activity" does not include being a spectator at an equine activity, except in cases where a spectator places himself or herself in an unauthorized area.

(2) "Equine" means a horse, pony, mule, or donkey.

(3) "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, riding, driving, pulling, cutting, polo, steeplechasing, English and western performance riding, endurance trail riding, gymkhana games, and hunting.

(b) Equine training or teaching activities or both.

(d) Riding, inspecting, or evaluating an equine belonging to another by a purchaser or an agent, whether or not the owner has received monetary consideration or other thing of value for the use of the equine or is permitting a prospective purchaser to ride, inspect, or evaluate it.

(e) Rides, trips, hunts, or other equine activities of any type, no matter how informal or impromptu, that are sponsored by an equine activity sponsor.

(f) Placing or replacing horseshoes or hoof trimming on an equine.

(g) Providing or assisting in veterinary treatment.

(4) "Equine activity sponsor" means an individual, group, club, partnership, or corporation, whether or not the sponsor is operating for profit or nonprofit, which sponsors, organizes, or provides the facilities for an equine activity, including, but not limited to: pony clubs, 4-H clubs, hunt clubs, riding clubs, school and college-sponsored classes, programs, and activities, therapeutic riding programs, stable and farm owners and operators, instructors, and promoters of equine facilities, including, but not limited to, farms, stables, clubhouses, pony ride strings, fairs, and arenas at which the activity is held.

(5) "Equine professional" means a person engaged for compensation:

(a) In instructing a participant or renting to a participant an equine for the purpose of riding, driving, or being a passenger upon the equine;

(b) In renting equipment or tack to a participant;

(d) To train an equine.

(6) "Inherent risks of equine activities" means those dangers or conditions which are an integral part of equine activities, including, but not limited to:

(a) The propensity of equines to behave in ways that may result in injury, harm, or death to persons on or around them.

(b) The unpredictability of an equine's reaction to such things as sounds, sudden movement, and unfamiliar objects, persons, or other animals.

(d) Collisions with other equines or objects.

(e) The potential of a participant to act in a negligent manner that may contribute to injury to the participant or others, such as failing to maintain control over the animal or not acting within his or her ability.

(7) "Participant" means any person, whether amateur or professional, who engages in or any equine that participates in an equine activity, whether or not a fee is paid to participate in the equine activity.

773.02

General provisions.

Except as provided in s. 773.03, an equine activity sponsor, an equine professional, or any other person, which shall include a corporation or partnership, shall not be liable for an injury to or the death of a participant resulting from the inherent risks of equine activities and, except as provided in s. 773.03, no participant nor any participant's representative shall have any claim against or recover from any equine activity sponsor, equine professional, or any other person for injury, loss, damage or death of the participant resulting from any of the inherent risks of equine activities.

773.03

Limitation on liability for equine activity; exceptions.

(1) This section applies to the horseracing industry as defined in chapter 550.

(2) Nothing in s. 773.02 shall prevent or limit the liability of an equine activity sponsor, an equine professional, or any other person if the equine activity sponsor, equine professional, or person:

(a) Provided the equipment or tack, and knew or should have known that the equipment or tack was faulty, and it was so faulty as to be totally or partially responsible for the injury;

(b) Provided the equine 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 safely manage the particular equine based on the participant's representation of his or her ability;

(c) Owns, leases, rents, has authorized use of, or is otherwise in lawful possession and control of the land or facilities upon which the participant was injured, and the injury was due totally or in part, to a dangerous latent condition which was known to the equine activity sponsor, equine professional, or person and failed to post warning signs;

(d) Commits an act or omission that a reasonably prudent person would not have done or omitted under the same or similar circumstances or that constitutes willful or wanton disregard for the safety of the participant, which act or omission was a proximate cause of the injury; or

(e) Intentionally injures the participant.

773.04

Posting and notification.

(1) Every equine activity sponsor and equine professional shall:

(a) Post and maintain one or more signs which contain the warning notice specified in subsection (2). These signs shall be placed in a clearly visible location near to where the equine activity begins. The warning notice specified in subsection (2) shall appear on the sign in black letters, with each letter to be a minimum of 1 inch in height, with sufficient color contrast to be clearly distinguishable.

(b) Give the participant a written document which the participant shall sign with the warning notice specified in subsection (2) clearly printed on it. Said written document may be used in lieu of posting the warning on the site of the equine activity sponsor's or equine professional's facility, and shall be given to any participant in an equine event not on the location of the equine activity sponsor's or equine professional's facility.

(2) The signs and document described in subsection (1) shall contain the following warning notice:

WARNING

Under Florida law, an equine activity sponsor or equine professional is not liable for an injury to, or the death of, a participant in equine activities resulting from the inherent risks of equine activities.

73.05

Limitation on liability of persons making land available to public for recreational purposes.

Nothing in ss. 773.01-773.05 shall be construed to limit in any way the limitation of liability granted to private citizens who allow the public to use their land for recreational purposes, as provided in s. 375.251.

Release of Liability Owner Rider - Horse Equine Forms

773.01

Definitions.

(2) "Equine" means a horse, pony, mule, or donkey.

(3) "Equine activity" means:

(b) Equine training or teaching activities or both.

(e) Rides, trips, hunts, or other equine activities of any type, no matter how informal or impromptu, that are sponsored by an equine activity sponsor.

(f) Placing or replacing horseshoes or hoof trimming on an equine.

(g) Providing or assisting in veterinary treatment.

(5) "Equine professional" means a person engaged for compensation:

(a) In instructing a participant or renting to a participant an equine for the purpose of riding, driving, or being a passenger upon the equine;

(b) In renting equipment or tack to a participant;

(d) To train an equine.

(6) "Inherent risks of equine activities" means those dangers or conditions which are an integral part of equine activities, including, but not limited to:

(a) The propensity of equines to behave in ways that may result in injury, harm, or death to persons on or around them.

(b) The unpredictability of an equine's reaction to such things as sounds, sudden movement, and unfamiliar objects, persons, or other animals.

(d) Collisions with other equines or objects.

773.02

General provisions.

773.03

Limitation on liability for equine activity; exceptions.

(1) This section applies to the horseracing industry as defined in chapter 550.

(a) Provided the equipment or tack, and knew or should have known that the equipment or tack was faulty, and it was so faulty as to be totally or partially responsible for the injury;

(e) Intentionally injures the participant.

773.04

Posting and notification.

(1) Every equine activity sponsor and equine professional shall:

(2) The signs and document described in subsection (1) shall contain the following warning notice:

WARNING

73.05

Limitation on liability of persons making land available to public for recreational purposes.

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