Jim, I don't know about your locality, but in most US states, a waiver isn't worth the paper it's written on --- you can't contract away liability. In fact, a waiver may actually make a real liability situation worse by the acknowledgement of danger. Humor them, sign whatever, and go have fun. Wayne Not a lawyer, but have argued with many of them professionally. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Wayne Smith wsmith16_at_snet.net Check out my sea kayaking & homebrewing page: http://pages.cthome.net/wsmith16/home.html ----- Original Message ----- From: <jfarrelly5_at_comcast.net> To: <PaddleWise_at_paddlewise.net> Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 8:02 AM Subject: [Paddlewise] signing a disclaimer > I local club is going on a paddle and has invited our club. They want everyone to sign a release form. Are there any legal types out there who can share their opinion as to the validity of these forms ( without having seen it)? I am not going on this particular paddle due to time constraints. I just don't see the point of distributing these things to paddle on a public canal. > > Jim et al > > ************************************************************************** * > 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/ > ************************************************************************** * > > *************************************************************************** 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 Thu May 09 2002 - 06:52:40 PDT
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