Parental Waivers
Florida supreme court has now ruled that Parental Waivers are no longer valid in the state of Florida and children can also still not sing the waivers their selves. I was wandering about opinions on this from an active instructors point of view.
John
http://www.floridachildinjurylawyer....t_strikes.html
Great. No more minors doing anything more dangerous than watching TV.
Sigh.....
No divers under 18?
Men of Principle since 1839.
It's not enough that adults can't be held responsible for themselves, now adults can't be held responsible for the actions of their kids.
What a bunch of crap - "protecting the rights" of children. This is all about getting money out of a deep pocket, and abrogating any personal responsibility for one's (or one's childrens) actions.
... and the process by which this country will be destroyed continues...
Joe
Originally Posted by Richard Pyle
I agree....At some point we have to get back to holding people responsible for their actions.
Experience: the most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn. C.S. Lewis
Yay for socialism, let the government interfere with how kids are handled.Do you know of any other states that are doing this?
-Tony DC
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"Cave diving is deceptively simple."
Waivers for minor children signed by a parent or legal guardian have been unenforceable for many years and many law suits were allowed to proceed. The court ruling allowed the case in question to proceed but emphasized "that our holding is narrowly directed at those commercial operators who wrongfully and negligently cause injury.” They affirmed what has always been the case just about everywhere. /K
Last edited by Ken Hill; 12-17-2008 at 07:05 AM. Reason: sp
Damn Ken, you beat me to it
"Have you ever noticed
When you're feeling really good
There's always a pigeon
That'll come shiat on your hood?" John Prine 4-7-2020
"Into the blue again; in the silent water
Under the rocks, and stones; there is water underground" Talking Heads
changes nothing
As Ken said.
you can not sign away the rights of anyone except yourself, including your own children. you can sign that if anything happens to your child while in scuba class, you will not sue, but you can't sign off on your child's right to sue. And being minors they can't either.
when you sign a liability waiver that says your family won't sue - same problem. you can't sign off on your spouse or kids or parents right to sue based on what happened to you.
One of the best waivers I've seen was one that said something like "by signing you agree not to hold the charter responsible for accidents to you and if you or family members or friends sue on your behalf and win a settelment, that you agree that the full amount of the settlement will be paid from your estate." You can sign off on your estate!
-skip
"Learning the techniques of others does not interfere with the discovery of techniques of one's own." B.F. Skinner, 1970.
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