Injuries During Recreational or Sports Activities
Unexpected accidents during vacations, sports and recreational activities can result in injury or death. These accidents often arise from the negligence of those responsible for organizing, supervising or participating in recreational or sports activities. However, proving negligence is a very intricate matter, which requires an experienced personal injury attorney.
Recreational and Sports Accidents and Injuries
Recreational accidents and injuries often arise in connection with activities that are assumed to carry little or no risk. For example, hiking through a park or taking a guided tour. Other accidents may occur in the context of non-competitive sporting activities such as cycling, swimming, running or climbing. There are also adventure vacations where travelers pay to go to exciting places and to engage in adventurous activities such as diving, windsurfing and bungee jumping.
Recreational activities may be organized by professionals (such as travel companies or sports promoters) or by groups (such as schools). Attorneys David Baum and Martin Blake look for those cases where accidents could and should have been avoided by the organizers or activity hosts taking reasonable safety precautions.
Often, the injured party is blamed for an accident that in fact should have been prevented by the activity organizer or sponsor. Sometimes, it takes special expertise to recognize those cases where the fault for an accident lies with another person or entity and this is where Baum & Blake's strength lies.
Liability Releases and Assumption of Risk Forms
A negligent party may seek to avoid liability for careless conduct by relying on a Liability Release or Waiver or Assumption of Risk Form. These forms can deprive injured people of their right to fair compensation for injuries even where an accident was entirely the fault of the released party. Attorneys Baum and Blake have successfully overcome such Releases and Waivers by skilled legal argument in court.
Case Examples:
- An Adventure Vacation Company paid substantial damages for the wrongful death of a 21-year-old student who jumped into a lake from a 65-foot cliff and drowned after fracturing his skull. The Company's claims that he assumed the risk of death were overcome by information that the Company encouraged and advertised the specific activity and failed to warn vacationers that numerous people had died doing the same thing.
- A Waiver and Release Form used by a University to shield itself from liability for the death of a 17 year old student on a university organized beach visit was found by a court to be legally inadequate after Baum & Blake's legal arguments.
If you or a loved one was involved in a recreational accident, trust in the experience and dedication of David Baum and Martin Blake, recreation and sports accident lawyers. Contact us for a free initial consultation.
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