{"id":12134,"date":"2023-05-29T01:52:20","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T06:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/?p=12134"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:12:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T20:12:46","slug":"liability-release-protects-horse-owners-in-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/2023\/05\/29\/liability-release-protects-horse-owners-in-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Liability Release Protects Horse Owners in Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The El Paso Court of Appeals recently enforced a liability waiver against a party injured when she fell off a horse in\u00a0<em>Green v. Lajitas Capital Partners, LLC<\/em>. \u00a0[Read Opinion <a href=\"https:\/\/search.txcourts.gov\/SearchMedia.aspx?MediaVersionID=719730a2-1695-450a-8e05-6ca96701f453&amp;MediaID=95ca93f4-e37c-41d1-b2e1-9513a2829138&amp;coa=%22%20+%20this.CurrentWebState.CurrentCourt%20+%20@%22&amp;DT=Opinion\">here<\/a>.]\u00a0 This case is a great reminder about the law surrounding liability waivers and how they can be an important part of a risk management plan.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12135\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12135\" class=\"wp-image-12135 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2023\/05\/alexandre-trouve-qd0ahRcogyE-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2023\/05\/alexandre-trouve-qd0ahRcogyE-unsplash.jpg 640w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2023\/05\/alexandre-trouve-qd0ahRcogyE-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@alexandretrouve?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Alexandre Trouv\u00e9<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/qd0ahRcogyE?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a> <\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In June 2020, Sherri Green and other members paid to go on a sunset trail ride at Lajitas Resort. Prior to the ride, Sherri signed a release that was labeled in bold, capital letters.\u00a0 The release noted a number of potential risks, which Sherri initialed, and then provided that she waived any claims, including negligence claims, against the Resort.<\/p>\n<p>The ride began and ended at the stables.\u00a0 On the return to the stables, the group was walking next to the golf course, when the underground sprinklers activated making a hissing sound that spooked the horses.\u00a0 Sherri fell off her horse, resulting in bruises and a fractured wrist.\u00a0 The guide testified that Sherri&#8217;s horse &#8220;sped up for a few steps&#8221; when the sprinklers went off and Sherri fell off.\u00a0 Sherri and her husband testified that her horse &#8220;bucked wildly&#8221; and violently threw her off.<\/p>\n<p>Sherri filed suit against the Resort and other related defendants claiming she was an invitee and their negligence caused her injury.\u00a0 In particular, she claimed the sprinklers were a &#8220;dangerous latent condition of land&#8221; and the defendants failed to guard against the danger by allowing the horses to come close to the sprinklers knowing they were about to activate.\u00a0 The defendants filed a motion for summary judgment on two grounds.\u00a0 First, they claimed that Sherri signed a release prior to the ride releasing them from liability for negligence.\u00a0 Second, they raised the Texas Farm Animal Liability Act (FALA) as a defense, arguing that Sherri was a participant in a farm animal activity and her injury resulted from an inherent risk of that activity.<\/p>\n<p>Sherri argued the release was not valid for two reasons.\u00a0 First, she claimed the release only applied to occurrences arising from nature, not man-made conditions like the sprinklers. Second, she argued the waiver was &#8220;insufficiently specific&#8221; under Texas law.<\/p>\n<p>Sherri argued the FALA did not bar her claim because an exception applied.\u00a0 Specifically, she claimed her injury was caused by a latent condition of the land for which no warning was provided to her, making the FALA inapplicable.<\/p>\n<p>The trial court granted the defendants motion for summary judgment but did not indicate on which grounds it did so.\u00a0 Sherri appealed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Court of Appeals Opinion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The El Paso Court of Appeals affirmed.\u00a0 [Read Opinion <a href=\"https:\/\/search.txcourts.gov\/SearchMedia.aspx?MediaVersionID=719730a2-1695-450a-8e05-6ca96701f453&amp;MediaID=95ca93f4-e37c-41d1-b2e1-9513a2829138&amp;coa=%22%20+%20this.CurrentWebState.CurrentCourt%20+%20@%22&amp;DT=Opinion\">here<\/a>.]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Release of Liability<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Under Texas law, a release must satisfy two elements of the &#8220;fair notice requirement&#8221;:\u00a0 (1) express negligence doctrine; and (2) conspicuousness.\u00a0 The express negligence doctrine states that the intent of a party to release claims of negligence must be specifically stated in the four corners of the document.\u00a0 The conspicuousness requirement provides that something must appear on the face of the document to attract the attention of a reasonable person to the release language, such as the release language being in larger type, capital letters, contrasting colors, or otherwise drawing attention to itself.<\/p>\n<p><em>Conspicuousness\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>First, the court addressed the conspicuousness requirement.\u00a0 The court noted this was not raised at trial, meaning it was not properly presented for review.\u00a0 However, were the court to overlook this procedural issue, it would have found the requirement satisfied.\u00a0 The release was labeled &#8220;Liability Release and Assumption of Risk Agreement&#8221; in bold, capitalized letters.\u00a0 The liability release paragraph, which she initialed, included bold, capitalized letters and large font for key provisions.\u00a0 These provisions, along with her initials next to each paragraph, were sufficient to alert Sherri that was releasing the defendants from a future claim of negligence with regard to injuries she might suffer on the trail ride.\u00a0 Sherri argued the fact that only some terms, but not the entire release, were in bold, capitalized, underlined letters rendered the release invalid.\u00a0 The court disagreed, noting there is no requirement that the entire release must be highlighted, and the requirement is met if the key terms are sufficiently highlighted to draw the reader&#8217;s attention to them.<\/p>\n<p><em>Express Negligence Doctrine\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sherri argued that the release was overly broad and ambiguous and that it covered only accidents caused by natural conditions.\u00a0 The court disagreed on both counts.<\/p>\n<p>First, Sherri claimed the release was so broad it purported to waive her right to sue for anything.\u00a0 However, the express negligence requires the release clearly state that the party is releasing claims for negligence, as opposed to a general statement that the party releases all claims without specifying the nature of any such claims.\u00a0 Here, the release did expressly state that she waived all claims, including claims of negligence, which satisfied the express negligence doctrine.\u00a0 \u00a0Courts have held that the mention of negligence is sufficient to satisfy the doctrine.<\/p>\n<p>Second, Sherri argued that the release was limited to claims caused by natural conditions.\u00a0 She based this on a paragraph titled &#8220;Wilderness Experience&#8221; that says the defendants are not liable for &#8220;total or partial acts, occurrences, or elements of nature and\/or sudden and\/or unfamiliar sights sounds and\/or sudden movements that scare a horse, cause it to fall, or react in some other unsafe way.&#8221;\u00a0 She claimed that because &#8220;elements of nature&#8221; is not followed by a comma, it modifies everything after it, limiting the release to natural conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The court disagreed.\u00a0 The lack of comma was irrelevant because of the &#8220;and\/or&#8221; language that follows &#8220;elements of nature,&#8221; which indicates it applies to both elements of nature and other incidents caused by unfamiliar sights, sounds, and sudden movements.\u00a0 The court also pointed out that another sentence in the &#8220;Wilderness Experience&#8221; paragraph provides examples of both natural and man-made changes in landscape, indicating it was intended to apply to incidents caused by unfamiliar sights and sounds, regardless of source.\u00a0 Finally, and most importantly to the court, there were several other paragraphs other than the &#8220;Wilderness Experience&#8221; paragraph describing the negligence claims that Sherri was releasing.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Farm Animal Liability Act<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Because the court found that the liability release was valid, it did not address whether the FALA also applied to bar her claim.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Potential Appeal<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Do note that the deadline to file an appeal has not yet passed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Key Takeaways<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First, this case is a good reminder that having people sign a liability release before engaging in recreational activities like horseback riding is an important step towards liability protection.\u00a0 To read more about this, see Chapter 5 of my <a href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2023\/10\/Owning-Your-Piece-of-Texas.pdf\">Owning Your Piece of Texas handbook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, it is a great reminder of the two main requirements to ensure a liability waiver is valid:\u00a0 the express negligence doctrine and conspicuousness.\u00a0 Because liability waivers are an important part of a risk management plan, and because the law is particular about their drafting, I highly recommend working with an attorney to obtain a good, valid liability release to use for your operation.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, one takeaway that I will be adding to my own waiver is a requirement that each party sign the waiver and initial each paragraph.\u00a0 The court seemed to rely on the initials here in analyzing the conspicuousness requirement and cited at least one other case where the initials were noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The El Paso Court of Appeals recently enforced a liability waiver against a party injured when she fell off a horse in\u00a0Green v. Lajitas Capital Partners, LLC. \u00a0[Read Opinion here.]\u00a0 This case is a great reminder about the law surrounding liability waivers and how they can be an important part of a risk management plan. Background In June 2020, Sherri Green and other members paid to go on a sunset trail ride at Lajitas Resort. Prior to the ride, Sherri signed a release that was labeled in bold,&#8230; <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/2023\/05\/29\/liability-release-protects-horse-owners-in-lawsuit\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2443,"featured_media":12135,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-landowner-liability"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Liability Release Protects Horse Owners in Lawsuit - Texas Agriculture Law<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/2023\/05\/29\/liability-release-protects-horse-owners-in-lawsuit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Liability Release Protects Horse Owners in Lawsuit - Texas Agriculture Law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The El Paso Court of Appeals recently enforced a liability waiver against a party injured when she fell off a horse in\u00a0Green v. 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