Cappiallo v. Northrup

Allen C.J.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment after a jury verdict in defendant’s favor, in a suit alleging that defendant’s hay caused the death of three of plaintiff’s thoroughbred horses. We affirm.

Plaintiff bought 250 bales of hay from defendant to feed nine horses housed on her father’s farm during the fall and winter of 1984-85. Defendant is in the business of selling hay for such purposes. Plaintiff noticed that several of the horses started losing weight and increased the grain portion of their feed; three of the horses subsequently died. The veterinarian who treated the animals and…