Danielle Larson v. Xyz Insurance Company

HUGHES, J.1

_JjWe granted the writ application in this case to review the applicability "of La. R.S. 9:2795.3, the Equine Immunity Statute. The trial court granted a motion for sura-mary judgment filed by Equest Farm, LLC, finding that the immunity statute applied because plaintiff Danielle Larson was a participant engaged in equine activity at the time the Equest Farm pony bit her. The court of appeal reversed, holding that Larson was not a “participant” under the immunity statute, and that summary judgment was inappropriate because there were genuine issues of material fact as to whether…