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2026
9 Sept 2026
Mississippi Rep Agreements – Contracts Between Out-of-State Principals and Commissioned Sales Representatives (§§ 75-87-1 — 75-87-7)original ↗
26 May 2026
11 May 2026
7 May 2026
6 Apr 2026
2025
I’m Proud to Serve on the Board of Directors of the Greater Colorado Council, Scouting America.original ↗
17 Oct 2025
2024
Surfboarder who cut off another Surfboarder already in the wave is protected by the defense of Primary Assumption of the Riskoriginal ↗
20 May 2024
After this decision, I’m not sure you could prove assumption of the risk without a written document and a video or more.original ↗
22 Apr 2024
22 Apr 2024
15 Apr 2024
15 Feb 2024
Defendant found criminal guilty for failing to have a federal permit to operate on a lake owned by United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)original ↗
5 Feb 2024
5 Feb 2024
Release validity was based on whether brother had authorized brother to sign electronic release for him.original ↗
29 Jan 2024
29 Jan 2024
New Jersey ski area pushes “indemnification” clause in release too far and gets told by court its release is an adhesion contract.original ↗
22 Jan 2024
Vladichak v. Mountain Creek Ski Resort, Inc., A-1367-20 (N.J. Super. App. Div. Apr 13, 2022)original ↗
22 Jan 2024
22 Jan 2024
15 Jan 2024
2023
Florida Appellate court throws out release signed by student-athlete who died because release was not written according to the requirements of Florida law.original ↗
9 Oct 2023
Interesting case where a release stopped claims for poor rescue at an underground amusement park in Kentucky.original ↗
2 Oct 2023
2 Oct 2023
2 Oct 2023
Insurance companies are fighting policyholders rather than plaintiffs in the recreational industry field.original ↗
28 Aug 2023
24 Aug 2023
Again, a bad response to the accident and poorly written release, if you can call it that, wiped out all defenses to the lawsuit.original ↗
21 Aug 2023
Release signed while checking in at a resort stopped heir’s claims when the decedent drowned while canoeing.original ↗
26 Jun 2023
Wisconsin finding more ways to invalidate releases, which makes writing a release difficult.original ↗
19 Jun 2023
City of Philadelphia liable to a bike ride in a charity event who was injured due to a large pothole.original ↗
6 Jun 2023
Confusing underlying reason for filing a lawsuit against a gymnastics’ studio for questionable injuries gets slammed by the Ohio Appellate court.original ↗
5 Jun 2023
5 Jun 2023
Ohio Appellate court upholds release for injury from bicycle race reviewing the steps needed to analysis the release by the courts.original ↗
22 May 2023
Case sent back to trial court to determine liability when a rider improperly load’s a chairlift at a ski area and eventually falls, incurring no injuries.original ↗
15 May 2023
15 May 2023
15 May 2023
Sloppy but still lucky? Obstacle course avoids lawsuit with release, however, it was closeoriginal ↗
8 May 2023
Massachusetts accepts releases and in this case, there was no argument about the validity of the release.original ↗
1 May 2023
New Jersey Supreme Court holds the Rescue Doctrine only applies to rescuing people and not property unless rescuing the property saves people.original ↗
24 Apr 2023
Hache v. Wachusett Mountain Ski Area, Inc., 99 Mass.App.Ct. 1126, 170 N.E.3d 345(Table) (Mass. App. 2021)original ↗
24 Apr 2023
24 Apr 2023
Nebraska Supreme Court upholds release for a minor who was injured as a student athlete at a private college.original ↗
17 Apr 2023
2022
Release signed previously for different event by same defendant used to defeat claim at new event in Georgiaoriginal ↗
14 Nov 2022
14 Nov 2022
Kentucky appellate court upholds the use of a release to stop claims from injuries using a zip line.original ↗
31 Oct 2022
Ski Area not liable when skiers leave the ski run and collide with snow making equipment in Michigan.original ↗
2 Oct 2022
New Jersey Federal District Court decision attempts to narrow New Jersey law on releases by restricting the scope of the release.original ↗
8 Aug 2022
1 Aug 2022
25 Jul 2022
One line not filled in properly, and NOT needed anyway, stops defendant from winning motion to dismiss a case.original ↗
4 Jul 2022
4 Jul 2022
The path down from the road to a river is an open and obvious danger that the plaintiff assumes before walking down the path.original ↗
27 Jun 2022
27 Jun 2022
This is a confusing case concerning whether or not a person is an independent contractor or employee, has the right to sue the employer and whether the insurance company for the employer must provide coverage because of the confusionoriginal ↗
9 May 2022
18 Apr 2022
18 Apr 2022
25 Feb 2022