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- Title
WALKING AWAY FROM OMELAS: WHY PARENTAL PREINJURY RELEASES FOR CHILDREN ENGAGING IN COMMERCIAL RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE UNENFORCEABLE.
- Authors
Bittakis, Megan
- Abstract
The article discusses the decisions of the U.S. courts which invalidate parental preinjury releases. It analyzes certain cases such as Scott v. Pacific West Mountain Resort and Kirton v. Fields, wherein parental preinjury release was upheld. It emphasized that such releases for children engaging in commercial recreational activities should be unenforceable. It identifies parental and children's rights as well as the state's rights in protecting children under the doctrine parens patriae.
- Subjects
UNITED States; ACTIONS &; defenses (Law); PARENS patriae doctrine (Law); RELEASES (Law); COURTS; LEGAL judgments; CHILDREN'S rights
- Publication
Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy, 2012, Vol 21, Issue 2, p254
- ISSN
1055-8942
- Publication type
Article