$175K Awarded In Escaped Race Horse Injury
A Madison County, Illinois, jury has awarded $175,000 to a man injured when race horses escaped from their pasture in 2008, according to the Madison Record.
According to the lawsuit, the owners did not take proper precautions to keep their horses contained. The plaintiff claimed the horses came out of nowhere onto Illinois State Road 159 and he saw them strike a mini van that was in front of him. When he swerved to avoid hitting another horse, he heard a “pop” from his right shoulder and although he refused an ambulance the night of the accident, he sought medical help the following day.
His lost wages and medical bills have cost him over $59,000.
The owners of the horse farm have over 40 years experience with horses and this was only the second incident in the farm’s history. Although they speculated the horses jumped the fence, they never found out how the horses escaped.
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