At 09:04 AM 3/4/98 -0700, Mark Zen wrote: >i forwarded richard's post to our club prez, and here was his response: > > They do not however take responsibility for the members while on the >river. This, in our country, is an assumption of liability~on the part of the >leader and indirectly the Club. The focus of our membership application is a >waiver which defines this relationship and we have similar waivers signed >before putting on the river. The only official members of the party are those >that sign the waivers. So far this system has worked and is the best path to >follow legally. Is anyone aware of a court case in the US testing this view of liability and use of waivers? If so, could you give me a reference number or citing? I belong to a club that is trying to figure this stuff out and I've found very little actual court cases covering these situations. Thanks, Greg Welker *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Mar 04 1998 - 16:44:54 PST
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