@Angela_Freda put this together on April 3, 2020. The news articles quote the police report as saying that RG incurred injuries to “his hand and/or wrist” while subduing MB. Barisone/Kanarek Legal Filings (Public Record)
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I actually agree with @BigMama1 again. Everyone working to ride better could use encouragement and support. I doubt anyone here that actually rides hasn’t had their time of struggling to learn and doesn’t have a couple of videos from clinics or shows that couldn’t be picked apart. It doesn’t get easier as the years go by either.
Good for Lauren for continuing to ride her horses.
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Also in regards to RG’s injury, I believe he broke his wrist and possibly fingers. I believe this because he said he punched MB in the face hard and that his hand hurt really badly afterwards and we have the picture of MB’s face.
There was a long discussion in earlier threads about the “trigger finger” and that came out of a picture of RG’s hand. I believe the picture was an enlarged photo of RG at the original hearing for MB but maybe that picture had the sling. There was a line of stitches in the picture that was under discussion and finally a medical person taking part in the discussion on the forum said that it fit for a surgical repair to the wrist. I think the discussion was around the time of the trial but I can’t find it with any search terms I’ve used so far so maybe someone else can.
Please feel free to check my memory and tell me every little thing I may have been wrong about. MB needs the money to pay off Dienenger. I’m with @CanteringCarrot and @CurrentlyHorseless on this one. I don’t see this lawsuit prevailing but instead going the way of the lawsuit against LE.
I found an article about what happens in fights and it especially discusses fists and faces that is both illuminating and entertaining for your late night reading.
Charlotte was Carl’s student. Imbalance of power blah blah.
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Nancy Jaffer published an excellent article:
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My point being , that those of us who have those people on “ignore” don’t see the posts, we only see them when quoted (especially a back and forth, quoted several times in one response?) The people who don’t ignore them have already read what you are responding to and if they are unsure, have only to hit the little arrow in your post that will show the post you are responding to.
No one who wants to keep up will be in any manner denied knowing which posts you are responding to, and those of us that would rather not know, are spared when you refrain from quoting them. 
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(text snippets; bolding mine)
Not may area at all so honest question:
RC was also accused of a crime; a felony crime in fact. If the first statement above applies to MB, why does/did it not also apply to RC?
The bolded bit: why would the insurance company be required to defend RC being accused of a crime but not MB?
This is not a challenge/I don’t think you are wrong. I just want to understand why the two different parties both accused of crimes were not treated the same way.
Thanks!
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I agree, Fitz.
Nice article on Jaffe’s part. Good detail. She quoted Deininger about some aspects of the new filing against the insurance companies. Well written article.
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I missed this earlier. Thanks for the response. It’s educational 
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One quibble - Mark Silver was never Lauren Kanarek’s attorney.
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Except she says Mark Silver is an attorney for Kanarek.
He was the attorney for Sweet Grass Farm.
Pretty big error!
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Oops!
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Looks like it has been fixed, unless my tired eyes missed another reference to Silver.
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Good!
Post something public, expect to receive public commentary. Especially when you put yourself forward as moving from first level to PSG in a year, or say things like “no one was riding at a higher level at Michael’s barn than I was. No one.” We are going to look very closely when someone says something like that. Posting a critique on this forum is no different than railbirding at a show or discussing in person. It’s a hard sport with a lot of nuances, and no one can ever achieve perfection.
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I think the reason people tend to comment on LK’s riding abilities is because even her own father commented here about how she only wanted to be trained “by the name on the door”.
She assumed she was a good enough rider that she was worthy of that.
Well, you know what they say about assumptions.
She bragged about being the best rider on the farm, right behind Michael Barisone, and excluded both MHG and JH, whom we both know can outride her in their sleep. My money is on the fact that the working students rode better than LK as well.
We all know that it takes a certain amount of talent and dedication to ride at higher levels.
We’ve been told LK’s dedication was lacking to the extent she couldn’t make it less than a 1/4 mile from the house to the barn for scheduled lessons.
She needs to face realty that because of what she did with her plan to “FINISH THE BASTARD”, she will forever be under the judgement of the equine community, specifically the dressage world.
Actions have consequences!
LK is now cashing in on the results of her actions.
Were she any other backyard ammie, no one would pay her any mind. But, she brought this on herself!
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I can’t speak for how the insurance company makes its decisions, and we obviously don’t know what the policy said, but it’s possible that because her charges were so minor and she agreed to a plea deal, plus agreeing to testify for the prosecution, that they determined she was eligible for coverage and decided the costs would be so minor in comparison to MB.
I can’t think of any instance where an insurance company would willingly agree to provide coverage for attempted murder charges.
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Interesting and thanks for the answer!
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I can appreciate what you are saying with respect to the criminal defense.
But what about LKs civil suit? It sure seems like that should have been covered by the insurance policy.
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