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I suspect it had something to do with "treatment" of failure there of. 
The treatment is a private treaty between the vet and the individual 
completely outside the control of the AERC - no different than if it 
were at the individuals house. The AERC has no dog in that fight. The 
AERC does not have the investigative resources nor the expertise to 
determine after the fact if the vet was or was not at fault and is not 
their role or the intentions of the individual. To step into this issue 
the AERC could put itself in the position of being sued by either or 
both parties or even the vet's insurance company.  Best in such cases to 
let sleeping dogs lie - even if we don't like it.

Truman

Elizabeth Walker wrote:
> The allegation in any such suit is most likely to be an accusation of 
> some form of negligence or incorrect care.
>
> To penalize a rider for suing a vet, the AERC would first have to 
> separately (from the courts) determine (a) whether the vet was at 
> fault, and (b) if the suit was brought expressly to cause trouble for 
> the vet.   Messy.
>
>
> On Sep 23, 2008, at 2:57 PM, Diane Trefethen wrote:
>
> > The issue isn't "Should AERC penalize a rider for a horse's death?"  
> > The issue is, "Should AERC penalize a rider for suing a vet who was 
> > doing his job?"


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