Pinecrest Stables, Inc. v. Hill

ORFINGER, Judge.

Pinecrest Stables, Inc., the original plaintiff below, appeals from a $25,000 judgment entered against it on defendant Hill’s counterclaim. Because we find prejudicial *83error in the giving of Hill’s requested jury instruction on res ipsa loquitur, the judgment on the counterclaim is reversed.

Pinecrest sued Hill for money which Pi-necrest alleged Hill owed it for the care, maintenance and training of two race horses. Hill counterclaimed for damages, contending that Pinecrest had negligently underfed the horses, thus causing them to lose weight, and had negligently caused or…