Connecticut § 52-557p (Formerly Sec. 52-577p). Assumption of risk by person engaged in recreational equestrian activities, when.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 52-557p — (Formerly Sec. 52-577p). Assumption of risk by person engaged in recreational equestrian activities, when.

Connecticut § 52-557p

Title 52Civil Actions

Ch. 925Statutory Rights of Action and Defenses

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-557p (2026).

Text

Each person engaged in recreational equestrian activities shall assume the risk and legal responsibility for any injury to his person or property arising out of the hazards inherent in equestrian sports, unless the injury was proximately caused by the negligence of the person providing the horse or horses to the individual engaged in recreational equestrian activities or the failure to guard or warn against a dangerous condition, use, structure or activity by the person providing the horse or horses or his agents or employees.

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Each person engaged in recreational equestrian activities shall assume the risk and legal responsibility for any injury to his person or property arising out of the hazards inherent in equestrian sports, unless the injury was proximately caused by the negligence of the person providing the horse or horses to the individual engaged in recreational equestrian activities or the failure to guard or warn against a dangerous condition, use, structure or activity by the person providing the horse or horses or his agents or employees.

Legislative History

(P.A. 93-286, S. 1.) History: Sec. 52-577p transferred to Sec. 52-557p in 1997. Protection granted by statute does not permit operator of horseback riding facility to avoid liability entirely for its negligence or its employees' negligence; the release plaintiff signed broadly indemnifying facility's operators from liability for damages resulting from operators' own negligence was a contract of adhesion and invalid as it violates public policy and is not in the public interest. 280 C. 153.