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Hey!!! A Free Webinar: Learn More About Fitness Law
By JoAnn Eickhoff-Shemek Teaching Fitness Law – FREE Webinar May 4th The Fitness Law Academy, LLC is again offering a Faculty Training Course this summer (begins May 23rd). Faculty members who have...
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Unsupervised Childcare Costs Club’s Parent Company $13 Million
This article appeared in the Jan/Feb 2023 issue of Athletic Business. Attorney John Wolohan (jwolohan@syr.edu) is a professor of sports law in the David B. Falk College for Sport and Human Dynamics at...
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$46 Million Dollar Award Causes Stir in Martial Arts Community
Jack Greener, a white belt Jiu Jitsu student, suffered a devasting, paralyzing injury while working with his black belt instructor. The injury was suffered in November, 2018 and the award was announced...
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Minnesota Waiver Case Summary Judgment Reversed when Minor Reaches Age of...
By Doyice Cotten Justice was 7 years old when he was severely injured (including multiple skull fractures, a brain hemorrhage, a post-traumatic seizure, and a traumatic brain injury) when he fell from...
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Big Nebraska Supreme Court Ruling on Waivers
By Doyice Cotten A university soccer player and his mother signed a waiver so he could participate on the intercollegiate soccer team. The student was injured at a mandatory strength workout when an...
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Statute Prohibiting Waivers on Snorkling-type Vessels Upheld
By Doyice Cotten Mr. and Mrs. Dempsey went on a snorkeling tour in Hawaii. Prior to the trip, they signed liability waivers intended to relieve the tour company of liability for injuries resulting from...
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Ambiguous Waiver Fails to Protect University in Florida Wrongful Death Case
By Doyice Cotten In this wrongful death case, Nicholas Blakely, a football player at Stetson University, died and his estate entered a wrongful death suit. (The Estate of Nicholas Adam Blakely v....
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Kentucky Court Enforces Waiver Used by Riding Stables
by Doyice Cotten Sylvia Rieff and her two children visited Jesse James Riding Stables, Inc. and took a guided horseback riding tour. Ms. Rieff signed a “Horse Rental Agreement” which included a...
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Well-written Waiver Protects Maryland Kidz Jungle World
By Doyice Cotten In a recent Maryland case, Rachel Burke took her child to an entertainment center and was injured while in a ball pit with the child. She had on a previous visit signed an extensive...
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Colorado Waiver Enforced when Signature was Illegible
By Doyice Cotten Lisa Brown, a Florida resident, participated in a tube slide down a hill and was injured as she crossed other slide paths in returning from her slide. There was no other way to go....
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