Liability Waiver Decision

Liability waiver forms are being used more and more to protect organizations from liability ( see our prior post here), but are not always effective and are under attack by the plaintiffs bar. The California Supreme Court recently ruled that a liability release waiver was not enforceable in protecting a governmental entity from gross negligence, and only applies in ordinary negligence situations (see here here). The lawsuit involved the drowning of a developmentally disabled recreation program participant in a pool...