>> However, are there actual, real worl examples of trip leaders or club officers who have been sued for negligence because trip members were not wearing PFDs? Or are all the given scenarios only scarecrows? If there are actual examples, I may reconsider being a trip leader for our club. The club does only follow Coast Guard regulations, which I thought would be enough in legal issues. >> I have heard that the ACA has been sued only twice for incidents that happened on sea kayaking trips, and both times it was for incidents that happened on land. I don't have any details, though. Because of the rarity of such suits, and because the insurance contract for the ACA Paddle America plan looks full of holes that the insurance company could wriggle through, we decided in Inland Sea Kayakers not to pursue insurance at this time. Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Mar 03 2000 - 00:18:43 PST
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