Sport Waiver - all about waivers and risk management for the sport fitness and recreation business - Waivers

What is a waiver and how is it used? Does a waiver always work? Why does a waiver fail?  How do I write an effective waiver?  What if the client is a minor?

See Liability Waivers 101. . .

From the Editors

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SportWaiver.com brings you invaluable information about risk management in the areas of sport and recreation, with particular emphasis on one of the most effective risk management tools – liability waivers.  In the next few weeks we plan to begin a series of articles that will help to clarify a lot of your questions about insurance.

Regular readers already know that many of the articles are written by the editors, but that many others are written by other experts in various areas of risk management. The editor welcomes submissions by others with expertise in risk management in sport or recreation. Informative articles will be published in a timely manner.

  • For those of you interested in waivers for minors signed by a parent, see the recent article written by “Sandie” Pendleton summarizing the latest ruling by the Michigan Supreme Court. For the entire court ruling, click here.
  • Doyice and Mary Cotten,
    SportWaiver.com