How to Choose and Hire the Right Lawyer for an Equine Dispute
Learn how to evaluate experience, fees, communication, conflicts, strategy, and subject-matter knowledge before retaining counsel.
What Is Equine Law, and Do You Need an Equine Lawyer?
Understand what equine law covers and when industry familiarity can help an attorney handle a horse-related matter effectively.
How to Protect Horse-Keeping Rights in Your Community
Practical steps for responding to zoning changes, development pressure, complaints, and local proposals that threaten horse properties.
Horse Mortality Insurance Claims: Your Notice and Care Duties
Understand the prompt-notice, veterinary-care, and cooperation requirements that can determine whether a mortality claim is covered.
Understand Mortality Insurance Before You Buy
The horse industry, as a whole, spends millions of dollars each year on mortality insurance. Mortality insurance is often compared to life insurance, although there are several important differences. Generally, mortality insurance is designed to pay a sum of money in the event that an insured horse dies or is stolen. Of the large numbers[…]
Avoiding the “Attractive Nuisance”
Trespassing children are any horse facility’s nightmare. Children cannot read warning signs. They are capable of climbing over or crawling under fences. Can the law impose certain responsibilities on horse facilities to protect young children who trespass on your property? Yes. Most states across the country have adopted the “attractive nuisance” doctrine. Unlike the typical[…]
Essential Clauses for a Strong Horse Boarding Contract
Strengthen boarding agreements by clearly addressing services, fees, late payments, veterinary care, liens, insurance, termination, and liability.
Employee or Independent Contractor? A Guide for Equine Businesses
Review the practical and legal factors that determine worker status and affect taxes, workers’ compensation, and liability.
Nuisance Claims That Can Threaten a Horse Farm or Stable
Learn how manure, odors, noise, flies, runoff, and neighboring land uses can lead to costly nuisance claims.