Meyer v. Naperville Manner, Inc.

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• concluding that because “parent’s waiver of liability was not authorized by any statute or judicial approval, it had no effect to bar the minor child’s (future) cause of action”
• holding that mother’s waiver of liability did not bar minor child’s future cause of action against horseback riding school
• holding that the Act does not extend to a rider of a horse enrolled in riding school, because once the rider has mounted the horse, the rider is no longer a bystander or observer but is in active participation with the animal in the recreational activity of riding
• holding that the Act does not extend to a rider of a horse enrolled in riding school, because once the rider has mounted the horse, the rider is no longer a bystander or observer but is in active participation with the animal in the recreational activity of riding
• finding a parental pre-injury waiver unenforceable in a situation where the minor child was injured after falling off a horse at a horseback riding school
• finding one who voluntarily assumes control of an animal places himself in the position of the owner

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).