HALLSTROM v. AMMERMAN

No. 96-3253.

113 F.3d 872 (1997)

Erin Marie HALLSTROM, By and Through her Guardians and Next Friends, Plaintiff/Appellant, Thomas J. HALLSTROM, Marlene Hallstrom, Plaintiffs, v. Kimberly AMMERMAN, Defendant/Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 15, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cheryl L. Adams, Lincoln, NE (William J. Morris, on brief), argued, for Plaintiff/Appellant.

James Robbennolt, Pierre, SD, for Defendant/Appellee.

Before WOLLMAN and BEAM, Circuit Judges, and REASONER, District Judge.


WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Erin Hallstrom appeals from the judgment entered on the jury's verdict in her action to recover damages for injuries she suffered when she was kicked by a horse. We reverse and remand for new trial.

I.

In early June 1992, Erin, then thirteen, her mother, Marlene Hallstrom, and her sister, Betsy, traveled from their home in Lincoln, Nebraska, to Winner, South Dakota, to visit Marlene Hallstrom's mother.

On June 11,...

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