Australia, April 14 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on March 14:
1. Mr and Mrs Smith (the defendants) operate a business in partnership together taking care of and training horses.
2. On 26 May 2018 Mr Smith was transporting 17 horses to a cutting horse competition at Tamworth by road with his father and his nephew when the vehicle he was driving was involved in a serious accident near Dubbo. Mr Smith's father was killed. His nephew was seriously injured.
3. One horse was killed, and another 8 were euthanised at the scene. The remaining 8 horses were taken to a local equine vet (Dr Ross Pedrana).
4. One of the surviving horses was Moore Metal, owned by the first plaintiff, a company c...