By Doyice Cotten
When I travel, I make it a habit to pick up liability waivers wherever I go. On a recent trip to Florida I visited a number of water sport businesses. Of the waivers I obtained, I would like to compare two.
By Doyice Cotten
In a recent ruling, the U.S. District Court of Hawaii ruled that a liability waiver could not protect a scuba diving business from liability for negligence (Hambrook v. Smith,
Last Week’s Post (Admiralty Law Trumps GOL 5-326 Statute in NY Jet Boat Waiver Case) focused on fact that federal admiralty law supersede state law (including New York’s G.O.L. 5-326. We look at this case again (Brozyna v.
Black’s Law Dictionary defines Admiralty law (also called Maritime Law) as “that system of law that particularly relates to marine commerce and navigation, to business transacted at sea or relating to navigation, to ships and shipping,
By Doyice Cotten
Author’s Note: It is rare that a court clearly defines and explains waiver law in a state. The Oregon Supreme Court made an effort to explain both the law and their reasoning;
By Doyice Cotten
Pablo Torres, an experienced motocross rider, signed a waiver, paid a fee to enter a race, participated in a motocross race, fell when his cycle was bumped from behind, and suffered an injury when he struck a hard object not far from the track.
