Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Florida

I board two horses on 3 acres of pasture. About a year ago a friend of the owner of the pasture offered to let me borrow her horse trailer to train the foal I have to load. She brought the trailer by and I asked her three times to drop the trailer and move her truck immediately out of the pasture because I didn't know if the horses would damage her vehicle out of curiosity. She refused and said they wouldn't do anything. She then proceeded to make small talk for about another thirty minutes before she decided to drop the trailer and leave. A week later she tells me she needs her trailer back because she was taking her horses down to south florida. I told her to wait until I got to the pasture so that I could make sure the horses stayed out of her way. She couldn't wait and when I got to the pasture the horse trailer was already gone. She was gone for about a week before she claimed my horses broke her antenna, damaged her hood, and damaged her bumper. She is now sueing for damages. How much am I resposible for the damages because of her negligence in listening to my warnings? This happened in Marion County Florida.


Asked on 2/25/13, 11:42 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Dawn Marie Bates-Buchanan Bates-Buchanan & Savitsky Law Group, P.A.

Unless she had specific permission to go on the land without you, if she went anyway, she was tresspassing and any damage the horses did would not be your liability. This will a a difficult case to prove however with a good attorney because of the issue that she was there before and when did the damage actually happen. I suggest you hire an attorney

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Answered on 2/27/13, 3:48 am


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