[TheForge] Teaching blacksmithing and insurance

[Andy Vida]

Clyde Wynia wrote:

> Good advise. However, it may have limited value in if a lawsuit is
> commenced. The courts are reluctant to let one sign away his rights to sue
> for another's negligence. The courts are also very reluctant to let
> organizations or individuals off the hook because of a denial of liability
> statement by that organization or individual.
> 
> At the very least the language above should have hold-harmless language
> added where the student agrees to accept responsibility and agrees to hold
> the organization and teachers harmless and agrees not to sue for injuries.
> 
> As is advised by Reynolds above, have an attorney draft this to comply with
> that state's laws.

	What a suck-ass culture it is when good people have to resort to
	this manner of hoop-jumping and weasel-wording.  It's disgusting.