Agricultural Law Netletter - January 21, 2019

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* A Justice of the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island has dismissed claims against P.E.I. Provincial Exhibition Inc., doing business as "Old Home Week" and the Charlottetown Civic Centre Management Inc. for personal injuries sustained by a volunteer while she was operating a gate during some cattle penning competition in the Civic Centre. The Court concluded that liability for her injuries rested with an independent contractor which organized the cattle penning event and a competitor riding a horse which crashed into a gate causing the Plaintiff's injuries. The Court considered the obligations of the Civic Centre under the Prince Edward Island Occupiers' Liability Act and whether or not "Old Home Week" could be characterized as an employer of the contestant. (Mallett v. Richard (c.o.b. Red Dirt Cattle Penning), CALN/2019-032, [2018] P.E.I.J. No. 75, Prince Edward Island Supreme Court)