Winnetka Hockey Club
WAIVER OF LIABILITY, RELEASE AND ASSUMPTION
OF RISK
For and in consideration of Participant’s
registration with the Winnetka Hockey Club (“WHC”) and being allowed to
participate in WHC events and member team activities (which for purposes of
this agreement include, but are not limited to all all-star and house league
games, practices and scrimmages), the undersigned parent or legal guardian
of Participant, on behalf of Participant and Participant’s parents and legal
guardians, waive and relinquish any and all liability for and cause of
action for personal injury, property damage, or wrongful death occurring to
Participant arising out of, on account of or in relation to, directly or
indirectly, participation in WHC events or member team activities or the
sport of ice hockey, and activities incidental thereto, wherever and however
they occur and for such period said activities may continue, and by this
agreement any such claims, rights and causes of action that Participant may
have against the WHC, or which his parents or legal guardians may have, are
hereby waived and relinquished.
Participant and his parents or legal
guardians acknowledge, understand and assume all risks inherent in ice
hockey and any member team activities, and understand that said sport and
activities involve risks to Participant’s person including bodily injury,
partial or total disability, paralysis and death, and damages which may
arise therefrom, and that they have full knowledge of said risks. These
risks and dangers may be caused by thenegligence of Participant or the
negligence of others, including those parties being released by this
agreement. It is further acknowledged that there may be risks and dangers
not known or reasonably foreseeable at this time.
For purposes of this agreement, the WHC
includes its officers, directors, employees, coaches and assistant coaches
(both paid and voluntary), other participants, officials and sponsors.
IT IS THE INTENTION OF THIS AGREEMENT TO
EXEMPT, WAIVE AND RELEASE THE WHC FROM LIABILITY FOR PERSONAL INJURY,
PROPERTY DAMAGE AND WRONGFUL DEATH CAUSED BY NEGLIGENCE, INCLUDING THE
NEGLIGENCE OF THE WHC. THE UNDERSIGNED ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HE/SHE HAS READ
THIS DOCUMENT, AND HAS NOT RELIED UPON ORAL OR WRITTEN REPRESENTATIONS OF
THE WHC WHICH ARE INCONSISTENT WITH THAT CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT, THAT
HE/SHE IS FULLY APPRISED OF THE POTENTIAL DANGERS OF ICE HOCKEY AND THAT
HE/SHE SIGNS THIS DOCUMENT VOLUNTARILY, UNDERSTANDING THAT THE WAIVER,
RELEASE AND ASSUMPTION OF RISK SET FORTH HEREIN IS NECESSARY TO ALLOW
AMATEUR HOCKEY TO EXIST IN ITS PRESENT FORM.