I Signed a Waiver Can I Still File a Lawsuit?
Say you’re going bungee jumping. Before making your way to the bridge, cliffside, or wherever it is you’re planning on getting enough adrenaline to fuel you for an entire year, the facilitators have you sign a waiver. When you sign, you give up your right to sue if you’re injured while leaping off a tall object, but does that mean suing is completely out of the question if you’re injured? In short, no. While waivers do protect businesses from constant lawsuits from people who injure themselves while doing incredibly dangerous activities, they’re not completely free from responsibility in keeping their patrons safe.
their equipment and the business environment safe, you could potentially file a lawsuit against them.
Were the staff mindful of your safety? Employees have procedures they must follow in order to make sure their customers are safe. If they were willfully negligent of those procedures and you, as a customer, are injured as a result, that would essentially void your waiver and give you the right to sue the company. Were you fully aware you signed away your right to sue? If you were under the influence of drugs and alcohol when you signed the waiver, you were forced to sign it, you couldn’t understand the language used, or there was another situation where you weren’t fully aware of what signing would do, then a personal injury attorney could potentially throw that waiver right out the window and help you file a lawsuit. While the presence of a waiver might make your personal injury case more complex, it doesn’t make it impossible to seek compensation for your injuries. If you need help filing a lawsuit against a company for which you signed a waiver in exchange for services, call South Atlanta Injury Lawyers today at 404-994-6218 or contact us through our website at SouthAtlantaInjuryLawyers.com/contact.
Did the business work to make the equipment and environment as safe as possible? No matter how dangerous the activity or product the business is selling, they’re still legally obligated to cover their bases. If the reason you injure yourself is because the business failed to make
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At South Atlanta Personal Injury Lawyers, we’re not your standard, run- of-the-mill law office. We don’t just do what’s required of us — we go the extra mile to make sure justice is served in every case we take on. If you’ve worked with us before and know somebody who could benefit from taking us on as their legal team, please don’t hesitate to give them this newsletter and show them who we are! We want to help as many people as we can. We’re just one phone call away from new potential clients. If they contact us through our website and give us their name, contact info, and a brief description of their situation, we will give them a free case evaluation and report. Don’t hesitate to refer us! DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO NEEDS OUR HELP? GIVE THEM THIS NEWSLETTER!
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