Cormier v. CENT. MASS. CHAPTER OF NATL. SAFETY COUNCIL

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• holding the allocation of risk by agreement is not against public policy
• holding the allocation of risk by agreement is not against public policy
• enforcing terms of release under which defendant exempted itself from liability for its own negligence
• finding that waiver form plaintiff signed, releasing defendant from “any and all liability, loss, damage, costs, claims and/or causes of action, including but not limited to all bodily injuries,” was sufficient to bar plaintiff’s negligence claim (internal quotations omitted)
• \[A]ny doubts about the interpretation of the release must be resolved in the plaintiff's favor.\
• “[A]ny doubts about the interpretation of the release must be resolved in the plaintiffs favor.”

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