Legal Opinion
Mays v. Valley View Ranch, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 13, 2012No. A12A0408PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Phipps, Presiding Judge.
Evangeline Mays was injured when a portion of a horse hitching rail fell upon the fourteen-year-old during her stay at a summer equestrian boarding camp for girls ages eight to seventeen. The camp was owned and operated by Valley View Ranch, Inc. Sammie Mays, individually and as Evangeline Mays’s mother and guardian (hereinafter, the Mayses) sued Valley View Ranch for damages. Valley View Ranch filed a motion claiming, inter alia, that it was entitled to civil immunity under Georgia’s Injuries From Equine Or Llama Activities Act (the Act).1 Agreeing therewith, the…
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- Muller v. EnglishCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1996
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