Petterman v. Haverhill Farms, Inc

The trial court ordered plaintiff to pay defendants’ attorney fees pursuant to GCR 1963, 316.7. Plaintiff appeals as of right the amount of the fees assessed.

Plaintiff was injured in a horseback riding accident at defendant Haverhill Farms after defendant Roger Turner, the instructor of her class, told her to jump from a runaway horse. A mediation panel recommended that defendants pay plaintiff damages in the amount of $12,500, a figure all parties rejected. During trial, defendant YMCA settled with plaintiff and was dismissed from the case. The remaining defendants, however, continued to…