By Doyice Cotten
Note: This posting is not intended to provide an comprehensive presentation on California waiver law, but rather to offer the reader a brief look at what some of the courts have said about waivers and their enforcement.
In 2003, the Colorado legislature passed a statute providing that parents have the authority to contract, on behalf of their child, to relieve a provider from liability for its negligence in the event the child is injured during participation (C.R.S.
By Alexander “Sandie” Pendleton
of Pendleton Legal, S.C.
This article was originally published on ReleaseLaw.com. The author, Alexander “Sandie” Pendleton, frequently speaks and writes on recreational legal risk-management issues. Sandie, a regular and valued contributor to Sportwaiver.com has recently started his own firm.
By Doyice Cotten
In a November, 2012 post, Florida Waiver Law: Must the Waiver Include the Term “Negligence?”, we learned that for a waiver to be enforceable, the term “negligence,” or its equivalent must be included in a waiver in all Florida districts except the 5th.
