articles.latimes.com/2007/jul/17/local/me-recreation17
State's liability waiver law refined
High court says releases signed by participants or parents don't protect recreation providers in cases of gross negligence.
SAN FRANCISCO — Recreation providers in California may be held liable for gross negligence regardless of the wording on liability waivers signed by participants or their parents, the California Supreme Court ruled 6-1 Monday.
The state high court decision permits the parents of a developmentally disabled girl who drowned at a summer camp run by the city of Santa Barbara to sue even though her mother had signed an agreement assuming "full responsibility for risk of bodily injury, death or property damage."
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