Legal Principles:
I. A careless person becomes liable for his negligence when he owed a duty of care to others.
II. Volenti non fit injuria is a defence to negligence.
Factual Situation : R and S are friends. R is a professional horse-riding trainer. One day, S visits R and requests R to teach him how to ride a horse. R agrees, and tells S about the dangers of such an activity, such as the danger of falling off the horse, the possibility of not fastening the saddle properly, etc. S agrees to be careful and conveys to R that he has understood the risks. One fine day, while R is in the process of teaching S, a horse which has not been secured in its stable properly bolts towards S. S starts panicking and screams, and issharply kicked in the face by the horse. S falls down and fractures his leg as well. S sues R on account of the latter’s alleged negligence.
Is R liable for S’s injuries?
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