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		<title>NJ Club Saved by Waiver</title>
		<link>http://www.sportwaiver.com/nj-club-saved-by-waiver/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>djcotten</dc:creator>
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A patron&#8217;s fall off a stationary bike meets a court&#8217;s support of waiver protection for clubs.

 By                             John T. Wolohan 
This January, 2010, article written by John Wolohan illustrates the value of  an effective waiver when an injury occurs.

Why do courts in some jurisdictions fail to uphold waivers, while other courts will accept them in most cases? Often, the reason is a ...


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		<title>Foot Loose: Legal Liability Issues Relating to Barefoot Exercise</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>djcotten</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alexander “Sandie” Pendleton
Sports, Fitness &#38; Recreational Team Leader
Kohner, Mann &#38; Kailas, S.C.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Christopher McDougall’s bestselling book Born to Run, and the extensive discussion therein regarding the reported benefits of barefoot running, have helped to ignite a new exercise trend (craze?). Fitness center owners are being asked if members can exercise barefoot, or are just seeing members working out barefoot in areas of the facility where, until recently, no one wanted to do so. What to do? Should your facility prohibit barefoot weight lifting? What about barefoot running on treadmills? (for ...


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		<title>Cardiac Care in Clubs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 18:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>djcotten</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Risk Management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article by Doyice Cotten  originally appeared in Fitness Management, but is as timely today as  ever. Health, fitness, and recreation providers should have a plan in place for dealing with heart attacks and other serious incidents. Failure to do so can leave the provider liable. 

 Jerry Atcovitz suffered a heart attack while playing tennis at Gulph Mills Tennis Club in Pennsylvania.  He later filed suit against the club claiming that damage to his heart could have been mitigated if the club had utilized an automated external ...


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		<title>Waiver Cases:  Health Clubs 4  Plaintiffs  0</title>
		<link>http://www.sportwaiver.com/waiver-cases-health-clubs-win-in-the-courts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:08:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>djcotten</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Doyice Cotten summarizes four recent cases involving health clubs. The first three are appellate cases from Minnesota and the fourth is a New Jersey Supreme Court case. These cases re-emphasize the importance of unambiguous waivers. One might say that two of the three Minnesota cases involve gross negligence or willful and wanton actions, but the court did not agree. Actions resulting in injury are not often deemed grossly negligent, reckless, or willful and wanton by the courts. This high threshold further increases the value of well-written liability waivers. It is ...


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		<title>Weighty Issue</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 19:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>djcotten</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A fitness center injury lawsuit illustrates the importance of a proper risk management plan.
Attorney John Wolohan (jwolohan@ithaca.edu) reports on a fitness center injury lawsuit that illustrates the importance of a proper risk management plan.  John   is a professor of sports law and chair of the Sport Management &#38;  Media department at Ithaca College. This article was published in Athletic Business in May, 2010.
As any administrator or employee involved in the sports and recreation industry will acknowledge, one of the most important tasks is to control or limit ...


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		<title>Hang onto those Waivers!</title>
		<link>http://www.sportwaiver.com/hang-onto-those-waivers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>djcotten</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article by Doyice Cotten was originally published in Fitness Management. It has been updated (in red) and presents the provider with some valuable information regarding waivers.
Jody Corso was injured while performing an aerobic exercise under the direction of an aerobics instructor.  She fell while using a yoga ball and when she quickly regained her feet, she injured herself.  She filed suit against the United States Surgical Corporation (owner of the fitness center provided for the use of its employees), claiming the corporation, its agents, servants, and employees were negligent ...


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		<title>Suit For Alleged Failure to Use AED in Health Club</title>
		<link>http://www.sportwaiver.com/suit-for-alleged-failure-to-use-aed-in-health-club/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sportwaiver.com/suit-for-alleged-failure-to-use-aed-in-health-club/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>djcotten</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by David L.  Herbert,, Esq., Senior Partner, David L. Herbert &#38; Associates, LLC., Canton, Ohio.
This article by David Herbert was originally published in The Exercise Standards and Malpractice Reporter in January, 2010.  He examines a case in which the health club had an AED and personnel trained to use it, but failed to do so. 
In a recent and interesting case from New York, Digiulio v. New York Health &#38; Racquet Club, et al., No. 2009-29454, Supreme Court, New York County, October 13, 2009, the court reported the following ...


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		<title>Make Your Waiver Broad</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>djcotten</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article appeared in Fitness Management in May, 2008.

In a 2007 California waiver case, Georja Jones became a member of the Pritikin Longevity Center and Spa, a fitness center located within the Loews Santa Monica Hotel, Calif. She signed a membership agreement that consisted of several paragraphs. In paragraph seven, titled &#8220;Waiver of Liability,&#8221; Jones acknowledged that she was using the facility at her own risk, and waived the liability of the hotel. About a month later, she was injured when she tripped over a hose that was on an ...


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