Required signing waiver of responsibilty
Well its finally happened to me. I have reservation since Dec for a campground in Wisconsin for over the 4th, site had to be paid in full on the date the reservation was made. That was not really a bi...
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dedmiston wrote:Attorneys are only acting on behalf of their clients. The releases are being driven by insurance companies. Such releases are becoming a standard requirement for lodging businesses to obtain coverage. Realistically, they are a thin veneer of protection that can easily be pierced in many instances. They are actually more valuable as a deterrent preventing people from filing nuisance and frivolous claims than actually removing liability in an actual case of serious injury caused by negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the lodging business.
This smells like an attorney's idea.
A lot of HOAs in my area are having trouble reopening our association pools under the County's new COVID health guidelines. The #1 reason most of the HOAs haven't reopened is because their attorneys have advised them against it. One of the ideas I've heard floated is that residents should sign a release first, which is ridiculous because the homeowners technically own the association pools.
My point is, a lot of zealous attorneys are advising their clients to either shut down or make releases a condition of reopening. Maybe that's what's happening with this park.
