Boucher v. Riner

How courts have described this case

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• holding that contractual waivers cannot shift risk of a party’s own willful, wanton, reckless or gross conduct
• affirming summary judgment in favor of defendant skydiving instructor on gross negligence claim where undisputed facts failed to suggest wanton or reckless disregard for plaintiff’s life
• “A waiver of a right to sue ... is ineffective to shift the risk of a party’s own willful, wanton, reckless, or gross conduct.”
• trial court properly granted summary judgment in favor of defendant skydiving instructor where undisputed facts failed to suggest wanton or reckless disregard for plaintiffs life
• pre-injury release signed by Naval Academy midshipman injured while skydiving held valid and enforceable

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).