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12 Seton Hall J. Sport L. 65 (2002)
Walking through the New Jersey Equine Activity Statute: A Look at Judicial Statutory Interpretation in Jurisdictions with Similar Limited Liability Laws

handle is hein.journals/shjsl12 and id is 71 raw text is: Walking Through the New Jersey Equine Activity Statute: A Look at Judicial Statutory Interpretation in Jurisdictions with Similar Limited Liability Laws I. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................. 66 II. PURPOSE FOR THE LEGISLATIVE MOVEMENT ................................ 67 A. Statistics on Horse-Related Injuries ..................................... 69 B. The Sport of Equestrians ...................................................... 70 III. NEW JERSEY EQUINE INDUSTRY .................................................. 71 A. The Role of the Horse in New Jersey ................................... 71 B. Enactment of the New Jersey Equine Activity Statute ...... 72 C. Pre-Statutory Consideration of Equine-Related Liability in New Jersey ............................................................................ 73 IV. INTERPRETATION OF EQUINE LIAILITY STATUTES ....................... 74 A. Judicial Rules of Statutory Interpretation ............................ 74 B. The Definition Section of the Equine Liability Statute ..... 77 1. Courts Applying Strict Statutory Interpretation of Definitions ....................................................................... 78 2. Courts Applying Broad Statutory Interpretation of Definitions ....................................................................... 84 C. Inherent Risks of Equine Activities ..................................... 87 1. Assumption of the Risk .................................................. 87 2. The Inherent Risk of Horse-Related Activities ............... 89 a. Courts Applying Strict Statutory Interpretation of Inherent Risk ............................................................. 89 b. Courts Applying Broad Statutory Interpretation of Inherent Risk ............................................................. 90 D. Negligence: The Exceptions to the Equine Liability Statute .... 92 1. The Faulty Tack Exception ............................................. 94 2. The Mismatched Horse and Rider Exception ................ 95 3. The Latent Defect Exception .......................................... 97 4. The Omission Exception ................................................. 99 E. Posting of Warning Signs ....................................................... 101 V . CONCLUSION .................................................................................. 104