Michigan Laws 691.1663 – Injury, death, or property damage; liability
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 691.1663
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- 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 691.1662Equine 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 691.1662Inherent 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 691.1662Participant: 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 person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
Except as otherwise provided in section 5, an equine activity sponsor, an equine professional, or another person is not liable for an injury to or the death of a participant or property damage resulting from an inherent risk of an equine activity. Except as otherwise provided in section 5, a participant or participant’s representative shall not make a claim for, or recover, civil damages from an equine activity sponsor, an equine professional, or another person for injury to or the death of the participant or property damage resulting from an inherent risk of an equine activity.