CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
January 27, 2000 | LOUISE ROUG
The family of a 9-year-old Orange County boy killed in a horseback riding accident in Palm Springs filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the stable owners, a lawyer said Wednesday. Anthony "Tony" Martinez of Laguna Niguel was riding with his parents, brother and other relatives at the Smoke Tree Stables in the Colorado Desert on Christmas Day when a barking dog spooked the horses. Tony's horse bolted, throwing the boy and dragging him.