This is a hard issue for which there is no easy answer. Our local club (Connyak.org) has a periodic thrashing of the issue. My current thinking has concentrated more on the safety aspect than the liability. I.e. More: what can we do to keep people safe; Less: how do we avoid being sued. It would seem that if you put in a good faith effort to keep people safe, you have a pretty good chance of avoiding a suit and if you are sued, your chances of winning are improved. If your concentration is to avoid being sued, I'm not sure you are really thinking about what will keep other people safe, instead you are concentrating on your own liability. It is good to raise the issue with your club and get people to think about it. Finding a good solution is hard. Nick On Jun 30, 2005, at 10:45 AM, Jim Farrelly wrote: > The almost heart attack at the safety clinic I hosted has been > churning > in my mind. We had our club meeting Tues and we got into it about > liability, insurance, and safety for an hour and a half. Very into > it. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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