Doyle v. Bowdoin College

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• holding that pre- injury release signed by parent on behalf of minor child to play floor hockey was enforceable
• stating in dicta that a parent cannot release a child’s cause of action
• releases signed by parent prior to son being injured playing hockey were void as a parent cannot release a child’s cause of action
• release signed by parent before son’s hockey injury void as to child’s cause of action
• \The documents executed by Leonard and Margaret Doyle contain no express reference to defendants' liability for their own negligence.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).