When I was a river guide years ago our lawyer explainned it this way. Liability release forms cover you if there is an accident, provided everything possible was done to prevent it. However if the accident can be proven to be the result of neligenence, inexperienced guides or someone just plain screwing up then the liability release form was worthless. In the camping buisness which I am now in, if you get taken to court the jury will be asking whether you did everything you posibility could have to prevent the accident. that is why I spent much of this winter building safer bunks in each of our cabins. Unfortunately in these days and times when people bring law suit over rediculas things. (A couple years ago someone sued a canoe livery company in Penn. because there was a drowning and they said the company should have had life guards stationed all along the river. THE JUDGE AGREED! Thankfully an appeals judge overturned it) However a well written liability can help protect a local club or outfitter so I am not surprize they want you to sign one. Also accidents can happen on a protected local cannal. Bob *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed May 08 2002 - 09:43:12 PDT
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