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1 GLORIA HUBNER v. SPRING VALLEY EQUESTRIAN CENTER -- rank: 1000

... 5:15-3 does not shield an operator from liability. N.J.S.A. 5:15-9. That statute provides: Notwithstanding any provisions of [ N.J.S ... e. Intentional injuries to the participant caused by the operator. [ N.J.S.A. 5:15-9.] In this case, the trial court concluded that plaintiffs' suit ... existence of circumstances described in subsection a or d of N.J.S.A. 5:15-9. See Stoffels , supra , 389 N.J. Super. at 209, 216 ... to "natural hazards, such as surface or subsurface ground conditions." N.J.S.A. 5:15-9 permits liability for operators who unreasonably enhance the risk of ... risks for collisions and the conditions of tracks and rings. N.J.S.A. 5:15-9. Such dangers are additional risks created by the operator's ... satisfy the elements of one of the exceptions stated in N.J.S.A. 5:15-9. We reject Spring Valley's claim that the complete ...

docket:	a4723-07
court:	superior court appellate division
decided:	2009-08-04
status:	published
citation:	408 N.J. Super. 626 975 A.2d 992
Document Size:	46436

2 KAREN KIRKPATRICK v. HIDDEN VIEW FARM -- rank: 996

... operators is "tempered" by certain limited exceptions set forth in N.J.S.A. 5:15-9. Among other things, the codified exceptions include "knowingly providing equipment ... to the extent that it causes or contributes to injury," N.J.S.A. 5:15-9(a); "failure to make reasonable and prudent efforts to determine ... participant's ability to safely manage the particular equine animal," N.J.S.A. 5:15-9(b); a participant's injury or death caused by "a ... known dangerous latent condition or property" without posted warning signs, N.J.S.A. 5:15-9(c); acts or omissions that "constitute[] negligent disregard for the participant's safety," N.J.S.A. 5:15-9(d); and "intentional injuries to the participant" caused by an operator, N.J.S.A. 5:15-9(e). As the Court determined in Hubner , the statute' ...

docket:	a1585-15
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2017-01-09
status:	published
citation:	448 N.J.Super. 165 152 A.3d 216
Document Size:	47672

3 ALICIA STROMAN v. CHRISTOPHER BELL -- rank: 990

... bar to suit. The court found inapplicable the exceptions in N.J.S.A. 5:15-9 to the limitation of liability. We disagree. The record evidence ... on the participant's representation of his [or her] ability[.]" N.J.S.A. 5:15-9(b). The second exception urged by Stroman provides the bar ... participant's safety, which act or omission causes the injury[.]" N.J.S.A. 5:15-9(d). The court found no admissible evidence to support Stroman ... care, defined through the statute's expression of exceptions" under N.J.S.A. 5:15-9. Hubner , supra , 203 N.J. at 204. The Court indicated ... with a mount could fall within one of two exceptions, N.J.S.A. 5:15-9(b) and (d). Hubner , supra , 203 N.J. at 204. The Court indicated that the exception under N.J.S.A. 5:15-9(b), which expressly applies when an operator fails "to ...

docket:	a1667-10
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2012-09-19
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	31697

4 Gloria Hubner and Michael Hubner v. Spring Valley Equestrian Center -- rank: 773

... s operator may be liable for a participant's injury. N.J.S.A. 5:15-9. The appellate panel relied on two of these exceptions in ... claims for injuries resulting from any of the assumed risks. N.J.S.A. 5:15-9. Some of the exceptions are clear and need little explanation ...

docket:	a-52-09
court:	supreme
decided:	2010-07-28
status:
citation:
Document Size:	105702

5 BARBARA STOFFELS v. HARMONY HILL FARM, et al. -- rank: 636

... injuries resulting from the assumed risks, notwithstanding the provisions of [ N.J.S.A. 5:15-9 (emphasis added).] These exceptions, set forth in N.J.S.A. 5:15-9, comport with the holdings in the few New Jersey cases ...

docket:	A2085-05
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2006-12-18
status:	published
citation:	389 N.J. Super. 207 912 A.2d 184
Document Size:	54627