Nancy J. McCandless v. John Ramsey
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
1Opinion of the CourtSaufley, C.J.
[¶1] Twenty years ago, responding to concerns about the costs of providing places for people to board and ride horses, the Legislature established immunity from liability for certain injuries suffered through the risks inherent in equine activities. See P.L. 1999, ch. 498, §§ 2-6 (effective Sept. 18, 1999) (codified at 7 M.R.S. §§ 4101, 4103-A (2018) ); L.D. 2108, Summary (119th Legis. 1999). We are asked for the first time to address the scope of that immunity.
[¶2] Nancy J. McCandless appeals from a summary judgment entered by the Superior Court (Washington County, Mallonee, J. ) concluding…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
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