Roane v. Greenwich Swim Committee

How courts have described this case

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• finding that appearance of the actual word “negligence” was significant in determining whether exculpatory contract was to be enforced
• explaining that the use of “the actual word ‘negligence’” in a liability release “is certainly significant” in connection with its enforceability and collecting cases using language similar to the Liability Release at issue here that were found to be enforceable
• alleged negligent life salvage of swimmer in distress on Long Island sound
• “[T]hose on board a boat . . . giving their full attention to the saving of the life of a swimmer in difficulty may well be distracted from hazards posed by the approach of other boats unaware of the rescue in progress, or coming at speed in an effort to assist.”
• “[T]hose on board a boat . . . giving their full attention to the saving of the life of a swimmer in difficulty may well be 33 distracted from hazards posed by the approach of other boats unaware of the rescue in progress, or coming at speed in an effort to assist.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).