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Personal injury caused by horse

When you suffer personal injury due to a horse, it can have various causes such as:

  • A kick from a horse
  • While riding
  • Biting incident by horse
  • A fall from a horse

You may then be entitled to compensation. The owner of the animal is liable for your damages. In most cases, the owner of the animal has liability insurance, so they can compensate your damages. Would you like us to handle your case directly? Then fill in the contact form with your name and phone number. Tell us your story. One of our lawyers will call you back the same working day.

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Holding horse owner liable

As a rider, you have extra legal protection. In case of personal injury caused by a horse, the owner of the horse (often the equestrian centre) is usually liable for the injuries caused by the horse. If you have fallen while horse riding, we can hold the riding school liable for the personal injury suffered. However, in the case of taking a riding lesson, you will almost always be attributed a certain percentage of own fault (because the court finds that you sat on the horse voluntarily). But you will almost always be compensated for most of your damages.

The general terms and conditions sometimes state that personal injury damages will not be compensated by the equestrian centre. There is no need to worry about this, because in most cases the liability does lie with the equestrian centre. Such conditions are not legally valid because it would unfairly disadvantage you and other visitors to the centre. You may have chosen to ride horses yourself, but that does not mean that the equestrian centre bears no responsibility. The owner of a horse can often be held liable for its behaviour.

Sometimes an equestrian centre also has horses stabled at it that do not belong to the centre. If you are injured by one of those horses, the liability lies with the owner of the horse or still with the riding school. You are then also entitled to compensation. Even if there is a sign at the riding centre with a notice such as ‘riding is at your own risk’, the riding centre can be held liable for personal injury.

Insurer reimburses our legal help

Did you already know that you are entitled to free legal help for personal injury? The insurer of the other party reimburses our out-of-court costs. Therefore, you will never receive a bill from us. Call for free personal injury advice by one of our experienced personal injury lawyers or fill in the contact form and we will respond to your queries on the same working day!

  • Have you suffered personal injury due to a fall or kick from a horse?
  • Our firm succeeds in compensating your personal injury in 99% of cases!

Strict liability for personal injury caused by horse

Liability for animals is regulated in Section 6:179 of the Civil Code: “The possessor of an animal is liable for the damage caused by the animal, unless liability under the previous section would have been lacking if he had been in control of the animal’s behaviour that caused the damage”.

This sounds complicated, but the bottom line is that an owner of a horse is actually always liable if personal injury is caused by the actions of that animal. This also applies, for example, in a horse collision. Suppose you hit a horse that suddenly ran into the road. You are injured and the animal is also injured or dies. Liability for the horse collision then lies with the owner.

Have you been injured after hitting a horse? Or did an accident happen to you and you were kicked or bitten by a horse? Then we can hold the owner of the horse liable for you free of charge. It is often also possible to get liability recognised after you have fallen off a horse. However, this is a little more difficult in practice.

The equestrian centre must compensate your personal injury in most situations. Even if the general terms and conditions state that the centre cannot be held liable for accidents.

No fault

Note that strict liability is a form of liability that is not based on fault or culpability on the part of the owner/occupier of the animal, but on a certain role, capacity or quality. Therefore, there does not have to be fault on the part of the animal owner to have liability recognised.

Our firm will handle your personal injury case against the horse owner for free! This way, you know that you will always be helped properly and that you will not receive a bill from a personal injury lawyer afterwards. Read here why we can help you free of charge. What do we do for you:

  • Get the facts of the incident clear
  • Writing to or calling witnesses to prove the facts

Would you like an indication of the amount of your compensation claim?

Have you suffered personal injury due to a kick from a horse, a fall from a horse or while riding? In 2 to 4 minutes, you can calculate your damages yourself. The test is very easy to fill in. You will immediately know the minimum amount of your claim.

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You want to have compensation claimed following a horse accident. Leave your name and phone number on the contact form. Tell us your story so that one of our personal injury lawyers can provide you with the help you need free of charge on the same working day.

  • Contacting the animal’s insurer
  • Claiming damages from the personal injury insurer