15 Questions to Ask Potential Equine Appraisers before Equine Litigation
Equine law cases
While you probably hired a successful equine attorney, an equine appraiser provides important keys to help unlock your equine law case, especially if it gets to litigation. Therefore, an equine apprai...
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What does an Equine Appraiser Do?
As a horse owner, have you ever wondered what an equine appraiser does? Or, how to select the most qualified equine appraisal expert?...
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Maintaining Your Equine Insurance Policy
Contacting your equine insurance company in an emergency is always a condition of coverage. Failure to report your horse's illness or injury can cause your horse's policy to become null and void. Notifying the insurance co...
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The Zen Approach to Buying Equine Insurance
Here's an important question to ask your insurance broker before purchasing loss of use insurance. If a claim is filed, what happens to your horse? Click to find out why....
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How to Find Your Best Equine Insurance
When considering purchasing equine mortality insurance you may come across different terms related to your horse's value. These include “agreed value” and “actual cash value” (fair market value). So what's it all...
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Understanding Care, Custody or Control Insurance in Equine Industry
A review of certain master policies reveals that care, custody or control (“CCC”) is expressly excluded from coverage. Further, CCC policies only cover damage to the horse and not damage to third parties....
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Selling Your Horse On Trial? 5 Provisions for a Horse Sale & Trial Agreement
Before you send your sale horse out on a trial, consider the potential legalities and how you can best protect yourself....
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Horse Boarding: A Meeting of the Minds
Contracts regarding equine-related activities have their own peculiar clauses and covenants. Nevertheless, basic principles of contract law do apply when leasing a stall or boarding a horse at a horse facility....
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Horse Leases: What You Need to Know
A pony, qualified for Devon and Pony Finals, was leased for a year. The Lessee arranged to make two payments to the Lessor. The second was due after Pony Finals. After the competition, instead of paying the funds, the ...
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RICHARD HAUSER, Plaintiff, v. GREAT AMERICAN ASSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant.
When you insure your horse, do you know the terms of your equine insurance policy? A horse owner purchased an Equine Mortality Broad Form Policy through Great American, leading to this lawsuit against Great American....
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STATE OF MICHIGAN v. JULIE ANNE ROSSETTO
Julie Rossetto, DVM is charged with two counts each of forgery and uttering and publishing, according to the criminal complaint. She is accused of forging a Bill of Sale and insurance claim after the death of her reining...
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DIAMOND STATE INSURANCE COMPANY, and GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiffs, v. DONALD LEE DEARDORFF Defendants.
The Plaintiffs, who are two equine insurance companies, paid the owners for the loss of their horses, and then brought this suit against the Defendant, who is a horse trainer, to recover the amounts paid to the owners....
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