Dorothy M. Krazek v. Mountain River Tours, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a form which waives Plaintiff’s right to assert “any claims or causes of action” is sufficient to bar a negligence suit despite other paragraphs that limit waiver to specific injuries
• declining to formulate rule that requires use of “magic words” such as negligence in releases arising out of certain recreational activities
• declining to require use of specific “magic words” such as negligence
• “As a general rule of contract law, contracts releasing a party from liability resulting from his own negligence are looked upon with disfavor and are strictly construed against the releasee.”
• signed document entitled “Raft Trip Release and Assumption of Risk”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).