Plaintiff’s Claim in Horse Riding Accident Survives Summary Judgment Motion

A federal judge from the District of Maine has affirmed his magistrate judge’s decision that denied summary judgment to a summer camp, which was sued by a participant who suffered an injury while riding a horse.   On July 30, 2006, during a horseback riding lesson at Camp Laurel in Mount Vernon, Maine, twelve-year-old Samantha Zuckerman sustained injuries when she fell from Tinkerbell, the pony she was riding.   Claiming negligence, the girl, through her mother, Roberta Zuckerman, su