Vanderlei v. Heideman

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that a professional horseshoer assumes the risk of being kicked while shoeing a horse voluntarily with full knowledge and appreciation of the danger
• noting that a professional horseshoer assumes the risk of being kicked while shoeing a horse voluntarily with full knowledge and appreciation of the danger
• plaintiff assumed risk of getting kicked by a horse when he agreed to work as horseshoer
• the legislature did not intend to impose strict liability on animal owners with the passage of the Act
• plaintiff assumed risk of getting kicked by a horse when he agreed to work as horseshoer
• a professional horseshoer who had voluntarily entered into a contract to work on the horses’ hoofs was exempt from the Act due to the horseshoer’s voluntary subjection to the risks

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).