Rivera-Carrasquillo v. Centro Ecuestre Madrigal, Inc.

THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.

Spending time astride an animal as magnificent, spirited, and powerful as a horse can be risky business. Unfortunately, Ángela Rivera-Carrasquillo .experienced this first-hand when she was thrown from a horse in the midst of a guided ride she and her husband, José Hernández-Qui-ñones, were taking at a ranch outside San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Rivera suffered some pretty significant injuries in her fall, so she and her husband 1 filed suit, and they ultimately secured a jury verdict in their favor at the Puerto Rico federal district court. In this Court, the appealing…