A lawsuit seeking damages for a child who was bitten on the face by a horse will proceed in the Superior Court, after the Connecticut Supreme Court upheld an Appellate court ruling that found horses belong to “a species naturally inclined to do mischief or be vicious.”

In a summary of the opinion released today in Anthony Vendrella et al. v. Astriab Family Limited Partnership et al., a court spokeswoman said the court “did not rule that horses have dangerous propensities to cause injuries.”