Horse Racing Liabilities: A Case Study

An interesting, and tragic, case that Julie Fershtman handled several years ago involved a professional race horse driver’s death during a race at a Michigan race track.  Julie represented one of the defendants, the owner/trainer of a Standardbred race horse that broke stride during the race and slowed down near the finish line.  This allegedly caused a pile up of horses behind him on the track, and one of the drivers lost his life. Read more about the case ›