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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-557p (2026)

(Formerly Sec. 52-577p). Assumption of risk by person engaged in recreational equestrian activities, when

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Each person engaged in recreational equestrian activities shall assume the risk and legal responsibility for any injury to his person or property arising out of the hazards inherent in equestrian sports, unless the injury was proximately caused by the negligence of the person providing the horse or horses to the individual engaged in recreational equestrian activities or the failure to guard or warn against a dangerous condition, use, structure or activity by the person providing the horse or horses or his agents or employees.

(P.A. 93-286, S. 1.)

History: Sec. 52-577p transferred to Sec. 52-557p in 1997.

Protection granted by statute does not permit operator of horseback riding facility to avoid liability entirely for its negligence or its employees' negligence; the release plaintiff signed broadly indemnifying facility's operators from liability for damages resulting from operators' own negligence was a contract of adhesion and invalid as it violates public policy and is not in the public interest. 280 C. 153.

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2006–2017 · leading case: Reardon v. Windswept Farm, LLC, 905 A.2d 1156 (Conn. 2006).
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Reardon v. Windswept Farm, LLC, 905 A.2d 1156 (Conn. 2006). · cites it 10× “) General Statutes § 52-557p; see footnote 6 of this opinion.”
Vendrella v. Astriab Fam. Ltd. P'ship, 36 A.3d 707 (Conn. App. Ct. 2012). · cites it 4× “” 8 General Statutes § 52-557p, which concerns the assumption of risk by persons engaged in recreational equestrian activities, has no bearing on the present case, nor has any party so argued.”
Pecher v. Distefano, 170 A.3d 5 (Conn. App. Ct. 2017). · cites it 7× “The plaintiff also argued that the document was cumulative in light of General Statutes § 52-557p, which provides: "Each person engaged in recreational equestrian activities shall assume the risk and legal responsibility for any injury to his person or property arising out of…”
Vendrella v. Astriab Fam. Ltd. P'ship (Conn. 2014). · cites it 8× “) General Statutes § 52-557p. Nothing in the language of this statute suggests that the legisla- ture intended that the owner or keeper of a horse may be held liable for negligence in controlling the horse only if it previously had exhibited mischievous propen- sities or was…”
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