A local horse owner has filed a malpractice lawsuit against an Ocala veterinarian, accusing the medical office of clearing a $75,000 horse for purchase despite a hidden neck deformity that made the animal dangerously violent and led to its eventual euthanasia.
Joan Burke filed the lawsuit against MVP Equine MVP Equine, PLLC, which does business as MVP Equine Sport & Performance Medicine in Ocala, in the Fifth Judicial Circuit Court of Marion County on March 4.
According to the complaint, Burke allegedly hired Dr. Matthew Povlovich and MVP Equine in February 2023 to perform a pre-purchase examination and a full set of radiographs on a Dutch Warmblood gelding named “Over Easy.”…