By Doyice Cotten
Several court rulings as well as a new statute have affected the parental waiver landscape recently. Three states were discussed in an article posted last week. Here, we will address recent cases affecting parental waiver law in Alabama,
By Doyice Cotten
While we know that liability waivers are vital tools in the risk management process, we sometimes forget that waivers do not work for all situations. For instance, we know that a waiver will not be enforced if it conflicts with statutory law.
Doyice Cotten
Waivers fail for many reasons, but the most common reason for failure is that they are poorly written. Often ambiguity is the major culprit, but in a recent California case one might conclude the waiver failed because it was NOT ambiguous.
The following article is excerpted, in large part, from the 7th edition of Waivers & Releases of Liability by Doyice and Mary Cotten. It addresses some questions facing many providers that make extensive use of waivers.
Businesses generally do not have an unlimited amount of storage space and the questions arise: Which records do I need to keep?
Julie I. Fershtman, Attorney at Law gives accurate answers to some important questions about waivers.
Dear Readers:
A few years ago, a major equine magazine interviewed me on the topic of releases of liability (sometimes called “waivers”) that are used in equine-related activities.
