§ 691.1661 Short title
§ 691.1662 Definitions
§ 691.1663 Injury, death, or property damage; liability
§ 691.1664 Liability; exception; waiver
§ 691.1665 Liability not prevented or limited; conditions
§ 691.1666 Notice; posting and maintenance of signs; contract; contents of notice
§ 691.1667 Applicability of act

Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 691 > Act 351 of 1994 - Equine Activity Liability Act

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Engage in an equine activity: means riding, training, driving, breeding, being a passenger upon, or providing or assisting in veterinary treatment of an equine, whether mounted or unmounted. See Michigan Laws 691.1662
  • Equine: means horse, pony, mule, donkey, or hinny. See Michigan Laws 691.1662
  • Equine activity: means any of the following:
    (i) An equine show, fair, competition, performance, or parade including, but not limited to, dressage, a hunter and jumper horse show, grand prix jumping, a 3-day event, combined training, a rodeo, riding, driving, pulling, cutting, polo, steeplechasing, English and western performance riding, endurance trail riding, gymkhana games, and hunting. See Michigan Laws 691.1662
  • Equine activity sponsor: means an individual, group, club, partnership, or corporation, whether or not operating for profit, that sponsors, organizes, or provides the facilities for an equine activity, including, but not limited to, a pony club; 4-H club; hunt club; riding club; school- or college-sponsored class, program, or activity; therapeutic riding program; stable or farm owner; and operator, instructor, or promoter of an equine facility including, but not limited to, a stable, clubhouse, ponyride string, fair, or arena at which the equine activity is held. See Michigan Laws 691.1662
  • Equine professional: means a person engaged in any of the following for compensation:
    •     (i) Instructing a participant in an equine activity. See Michigan Laws 691.1662
  • in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
  • Inherent risk of an equine activity: means a danger or condition that is an integral part of an equine activity, including, but not limited to, any of the following:
    •     (i) An equine's propensity to behave in ways that may result in injury, harm, or death to a person on or around it. See Michigan Laws 691.1662
  • Participant: means an individual, whether amateur or professional, engaged in an equine activity, whether or not a fee is paid to participate. See Michigan Laws 691.1662
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l