By Doyice Cotten
In a recent Maryland case, Rachel Burke took her child to an entertainment center and was injured while in a ball pit with the child. She had on a previous visit signed an extensive waiver (Burke v.
By Doyice Cotten
This author has frequently written about the duration of liability waivers. In a three-part series in 2017, posts addressed a Virgin Islands waiver written intending a one-year duration where the injury occurred after the one-year period – the court ruled it to be unenforceable;
Part 3
By Doyice Cotten
In a Massachusetts case (Borges v. Sterling Suffolk Racecourse, Inc., 2000), Israel Borges, a trainer, sustained injuries when he slipped due to ice on the ground and fell while on property at the Suffolk Downs Track owned and controlled by the defendants.
Part 2
By Doyice Cotten
Nicholas Weinrish was injured while operating a go-kart on the defendant’s track (Weinrich V. Lehigh Valley Grand Prix Inc., 2015). A piece of plastic covering a guardrail broke and protruded toward the track;
Part 1
By Doyice Cotten
Tariq Davis, a minor, was injured when he ran into the street and was struck by an auto while chasing a soccer ball (Davis v. American Youth Soccer Organization,
