Big Nebraska Supreme Court Ruling on Waivers

By Doyice Cotten

A university soccer player and his mother signed a waiver so he could participate on the intercollegiate soccer team. The student was injured at a mandatory strength workout when an elastic exercise band  came loose from a j hook and struck the player in his eyes.

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Hey!!! A Free Webinar: Learn More About Fitness Law

 

By JoAnn Eickhoff-Shemek

Teaching Fitness Law – FREE Webinar May 4th

The Fitness Law Academy, LLC is again offering a Faculty Training Course this summer (begins May 23rd). Faculty members who have participated in this course the past two summers have enjoyed and benefited from the course.

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Waiver Protects in California Ab Coaster Waiver Case

By Doyice Cotten

Lataya Young was working out on an Ab Coaster (not pictured) at a Planet Fitness when a weight landed on her foot.  Apparently a weight had fallen from the machine while she performed repetitions.  She had previously signed the following waiver of liability:

“I understand and expressly agree that my use of this Planet Fitness facility involves the risk of injury to me,

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