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Originally Posted by Steve Dallas
Let me add this...and I will try to keep this as non-political as possible.
I believe that a business should also be able to tell someone "ride at your own risk" if they were able to sign a document as such. The problem with that is that I believe a lot of state/federal laws pretty much prevent this kind of thing from happening because the property owner can still be found liable in many cases, regardless of whether a contract otherwise was in place.
I'm not a lawyer, so I could be wrong on this.
Personally, I would like a society that would allow someone to take their own risks, and if something happens...it's on them....not the property owner.
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Not a lawyer here either but my take is that the statements such as "use at your own risk" are just there to discourage the common man from considering legal action. It would not stand in the way of an attourney who wanted to go after the money. It might be usefull to make an average person think there was no recourse so in that respect, it does work. JMO.
-Mark.