Lawyers on Course: Dead Event Rider's Parents Sue the Sport
Mia Eriksson was 17 when she died in a fall while competing at the Galway Downs Three Day Event in Temecula, California in 2006. On May 6, her parents filed a lawsuit in California charging negligence on the part of USEF, her trainer, and others involved in the sport, according to an article in this morning's New York Times.The lawsuit charges, according to the Times, that the event made the cross-country course more difficult in order to thrill spectators.
I think that the Eriksson case is compelling because Mia's sister was also killed in an equestrian-related accident.
To view a web site devoted to the issues of eventing safety; click here to read about some of the comments and collected stories that have been compiled to date.
Meanwhile, a quick check of YouTube brought up 29 videos of eventing "falls" set to rock / rap music.
Image from the Mia Eriksson memorial page on the Galway Downs web site.
Labels: eventing, Galway Downs, Mia Eriksson
posted by Fran Jurga @ Sunday, May 18, 2008
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1 Comments:
OMG that is so dumb, they are just sad and trying to find a way to fill the void. They should know going into this sport that it is dangerous and in eventing you have a good chance of dying. Personally I think that the eventing should be severly altered because we are mixing all the diciplines together which are all completly different and then we keep making it tougher on the horses.
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