Case Law Index
Agritourism

January 1, 2002 - August 1, 2008

This index provides a comprehensive though not necessarily exhaustive compilation of reported and unreported federal and state court decisions involving the Agritourism that were decided on or after January 1, 2002. For those cases that have been summarized by the National Agricultural Law Center, a link is provided to the summary. The index will be regularly updated to reflect new judicial developments. The cases are listed in reverse chronological order.



THIRD CIRCUIT


Estate of Creek v. Mittal Steel USA, Inc., No. 06-701, 2008 WL 1752236 (W.D. Pa. April 14, 2008) (recreational use statute)

Vorhes v. Mittal Steel USA, Inc., No. 06-1130, 2008 WL 794460 (W.D. Pa. Mar. 24, 2008) (recreational use statute)



FOURTH CIRCUIT


Western World Ins. Co. v. Wilkie, No. 5:06-CV-64-H (3), 2007 WL 3256947(E.D.N.C. Nov. 02, 2007) (insurance coverage)

U.S. Dept. of Labor v. North Carolina Growers Ass'n. 377 F.3d 345 (4th Cir. 2004) (Christmas tree farms and labor)



FIFTH CIRCUIT


Davis Mountains Trans-Pecos Heritage Ass'n. v. Federal Aviation Admin., 116 Fed.Appx. 3 (5th Cir. 2004) (eco-tourism, hunting leases, and takings)



SIXTH CIRCUIT


Lawson v. Dutch Heritage Farms, Inc., 502 F.Supp.2d 698 (N.D. Ohio 2007) (negligence)

Chao v. Double JJ Resort Ranch, 375 F.3d 393 (6th Cir. 2004) (dude ranches and regulations)



SEVENTH


Chapman v. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, No. 1:06-cv-0848-JDT-TAB, 2007 WL 3334862(S.D. Ind. Nov. 08, 2007) (recreational use statute)



EIGHTH


Greika v. U.S., No. 07-3013, 2008 WL 2388897 (8th Cir. June 13) (recreational use statute)



NINTH


Cleveland v. U.S., 546 F.Supp.2d 732 (N.D. Cal. 2008) (recreational use statute)



TENTH CIRCUIT


Carden v. Kelly, 175 F.Supp.2d 1318 (D.Wyo. 2001) (dude ranches and personal injury)



UNITED STATES TAX COURT


Baldwin v. C.I.R. 2002 WL 1377741 (U.S.Tax Ct. 2002) (taxation for summer camp)



ALABAMA


Lilya v. Greater Gulf State Fair, Inc., 855 So.2d 1049 (Ala. 2003) (liability of fair operator - duty to warn)



CALIFORNIA


Vail Lake Rancho California, LLC v. Sundance Intern., LP, 2006 WL 1633858 (4 Dist. 2006) (recreational use easement)

Bronco Wine Co. v. Jolly, 95 P.3d 422 (2004) (liability for cider producers)



COLORADO


Clyncke v. Waneka, 157 P.3d 1072 (Colo. 2007) (limiting liability by statute for equine related injuries)



CONNECTICUT


Alexson v. White Memorial Foundation, Inc., No. CV075002299, 2008 WL 803423 (Conn. Super. Ct. Mar. 05, 2008) (recreational use statute)

Gresczyk v. Landis, 2006 WL 1644545 (Conn.Super. 2006) (golf courses and Agritourism)

Zanette v. Planning & Zoning Board of Appeals, 2006 WL 3316770 (Conn.Super. 2006) (farm stands and zoning)

Abrams v. Jones, 2005 WL 1331232 (Conn.Super. 2005) (liability for apple cider)

Messina v. Fifty Acres, LLC, 2004 WL 945058 (Conn.Super. 2004) (farm stands and zoning)



GEORGIA


Georgia Power Co. v. Jones, 626 S.E.2d 554 (Ga.App. 2006) (Bed & Breakfast and condemnation)



HAWAI'I


Courbat v. Dahana Ranch, Inc., 141 P.3d 427 (Haw. 2006) (waiver)

Geiger v. Hawai'i County Planning Com'n, 125 P.3d 1060 (Table) (Hawai'i, 2005) (zoning for agritourism)

In re Waiola O Molokai, Inc., 83 P.3d 664 (Hawai'i 2004) (water rights for a "working ranch")

King v. CJM Country Stables, 315 F.Supp.2d 1061 (D.Hawai'i 2004) (Recreational Use statute)



ILLINOIS


Smith v. Lane, 832 N.E.2d 947 (Ill.App. 5 Dist. 2005) (limiting liability by statute for equine related injuries)

Kush v. Wentworth, 790 N.E.2d 912 (Ill.App. 2 Dist. 2003) (The Animal Control Act and personal injury)

Schneider v. County of Will, State of Illinois, 190 F.Supp.2d 1082 (N.D.Ill. 2002) (Bed & Breakfast and zoning)



INDIANA


Westfield Companies v. Knapp, 804 N.E.2d 1270 (Ind.App. 2004) (farm stands and insurance)



KENTUCKY


Greater Harrodsburg/Mercer County Planning & Zoning Com'n v. Romero, 250 S.W.3d 355 (Ky. Ct. App. 2008) (Zoning - Bed & Breakfast)

Mason v. Berea Independent School Dist. Finance Corp., No. 2006-CA-002061-MR, 2007 WL 2998510 (Ky. Ct. App. Oct.12, 2007) (recreational use statute - protection of adjacent land owner)

Baker v. McIntosh, 132 S.W.3d 230, (2004) (animal liability)

Keogh v. Woodford County Bd. of Adjustments, 243 S.W.3d 369 (Ky. Ct. App. 2007) (zoning for bed and breakfast)



LOUISIANA


Luther v. Turner, 901 So.2d 1217 (La.App. 3 Cir. 2005) (hunting lease)

LeBlanc v. Hayes, 827 So.2d 611 (La.App. 3 Cir. 2002) (Recreational Use statutes)

Cooper v. Cooper, 786 So.2d 240 (La.App. 2 Cir. 2001) (Recreational Use statutes)



MASSACHUSETTS


Town of Uxbridge ex rel. Girouard v. Vecchione, 21 Mass.L.Rptr. 307, (Mass.Super. 2006) (farm stands and zoning)

DiGiovanni v. Gulberg, 2005 WL 1593608 (Mass.Land Ct. 2005) (farm stands and zoning)

Volandre v. Opdyke, 2005 WL 2095727 (Mass.Land Ct. 2005) (riding school and zoning)

Bateman v. Board of Appeals of Georgetown, 775 N.E.2d 1276 (Mass.App.Ct. 2002) (riding academy and zoning)



MICHIGAN


Village of Rothbury v. Double JJ Resort Ranch, Inc., 2004 WL 1837835 (Mich. App. 2004) (zoning)



MINNESOTA


Razink v. Krutzig, 746 N.W.2d 644 (Minn. Ct. App. 2008) (recreational use statute)



MISSOURI


Foster v. St. Louis County, 239 S.W.3d 599 (Mo. 2007) (recreational use statute)

State ex rel. Young v. Wood, --- S.W.3d ----, 2008 WL 2346199 (Mo. June 10, 2008) (recreational use statute - hunting)



MONTANA


McDermott v. Carie, LLC, 124 P.3d 168 (Mont. 2005) (dude ranch and personal injury)



NEW HAMPSHIRE


Carter v. Concord General Mut. Ins. Co., 924 A.2d 411 (N.H. 2007) (hayrides and personal injury)



NEW JERSEY


Lackland and Lackland v. Readington Tp., 2005 WL 3074714 (N.J. Super. Ct. Law Div. 2005) (agriculture zoning)



NEW YORK


Morales v. Coram Materials Corp., 853 N.Y.S.2d 611 (N.Y. App. Div. 2 2008) (recreational use statute)

Finnocchiaro v. Napolitano, --- N.Y.S.2d ----, 2008 WL 2298125 (N.Y. App. Div. 2 June 03, 2008) (recreational use statute)

Jones v. Lei-Ti Too, LLC, 846 N.Y.S.2d 826 (N.Y. App. Div. 4 2007) (recreational use statute)

Twomey v. Rosenthal. --- N.Y.S.2d ----, 2008 WL 2447494 (N.Y. App. Div. 2 June 17, 2008) (recreational use)



OHIO


Konesky v. Wood Cty. Agricultural Soc., 844 N.E.2d 408 (Ohio Ct. App. 6 Dist. 2005) (assumption of risk)

Kayatin v. Petro, 2007 WL 209988 (Ohio App. 9th Dist. 2007) (nature trails)

Lawson v. Dutch Heritage Farms, Inc., 2007 WL 2330774 (N.D.Ohio 2007) (horse-drawn buggy rides and personal injury)

Burya v. Lake Metroparks Bd. of Park Comm'rs, 2006 WL 2798294 (11th Dist. 2006) (hayrides and personal injury)

McGuire v. Jewett, 2005-Ohio-4214, 2005 WL 1940368 (11th Dist. 2005) (horse-drawn buggy rides and personal injury)



OREGON


Utsey v. Coos County, 32 P.3d 933 (Or.App. 2001) (Recreational Use statutes and zoning)



PENNSYLVANIA


Schaal v. Unemployment Compensation Bd. of Review, 870 A.2d 952 (Pa.Cmwlth. 2005) (agricultural labor and unemployment)

Middletown Tp. v. Lands of Stone, 882 A.2d 1066 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2005) (Open Spaces Land Act and eminent domain)

Header v. Schuylkill County Zoning Hearing Bd., 841 A.2d 641 (Pa.Cmwlth. 2004) (agricultural zoning and water)

Huff v. Exeter Tp., 2004 WL 3199568 (Pa.Com.Pl. 2004) (recreational zoning)

Wing Pointe Corp. v. Pennsylvania Liquor Control Bd., 2002 WL 31899890 (Pa.Com.Pl. 2002) (liquor licenses and resorts)



TENNESSEE


Mathews v. State, 2005 WL 3479318 (Tenn.Ct.App. 2005) (limited liability and recreational use statutes)

Friedli v. Kerr, 2001 WL 177184 (Tenn.Ct.App. 2001) (limiting liability by statute for equine related injuries)



TEXAS


Kirwan v. City of Waco, 249 S.W.3d 544 (Tex.App.-Waco 2008) (recreational use statute)

Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority v. Pitonyak, 84 S.W.3d 326 (Tex.App.-Corpus Christi. 2002) (Recreational Use statutes and navigable waters)



WISCONSIN


Meyer v. Town of Milton, 268 Wis.2d 844 (Wis. Ct. App. 2003) (Agritourism and zoning)



WYOMING


Lozier v. Blattland Investments, LLC, 100 P.3d 380 (Wyo. 2004) (sale of land while retaining fishing rights)

Rehnberg v. Hirshberg, 64 P.3d 115 (Wyo. 2003) (sale of land while retaining fishing rights)

Markstein v. Countryside I, L.L.C, 77 P.3d 389 (Wyo. 2003) (sale of land while retaining fishing rights)







  

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