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Release fails to protect city from sinkhole liability

Release fails to protect city from sinkhole liability

Release fails to protect city from sinkhole liability

A broad release signed by a participant injured a charity bike ride accident is not effective against a city in Pennsylvania, the state Supreme Court has held. In a 4-3 decision, the Court says the release is against public policy. Anthony Degliomini rode in the May 2015 Philadelphia Phillies Charity Bike Ride after signing a release assuming “all risks associated with participating in the event” and releasing the City and others from “any and all claims of liability for death, personal injury, other adverse health consequence, theft or loss of property or property damage of any kind or nature whatsoever arising out of, or in the course of, my participation in the event.” He was injured...

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