Moreland v. Lowdermilk

MEMORANDUM OPINION

STAGG, Chief Judge.

This case is about a fine young, female, equine athlete whose untimely demise is sought to be laid at the door of her attending veterinarian. Her owners seek monetary damages based on her potential earnings on the race track and as a brood mare of a future generation of purse winners. After many years of hearing and deciding cases involving sick people and their doctors, this is this court’s first veterinary malpractice case. It is brought by Mike and Jane Moreland, who raised Sandhill Diamond from a colt and, as a two- and three-year-old filly, moved her…