Is bar responsible for bull riders personal injury?
Check out Attorney Dale’s Emch Toledo Blade “Legal Briefs” column addressing personal injury after a waiver is signed. Our Toledo, Ohio personal injury attorneys handle car accidents, medical malpractice, wrongful death, trucking accidents, motorcycle and ATV accidents, dog bites and criminal defense. Dear Dale: While I was at a local bar recently, I decided to ride their mechanical bull. Before I could ride, somebody from the bar made me sign a form that said I couldn’t sue the bar if I got hurt. While I was riding the bull, the guy who was running it sped it up, I guess because I had not fallen off. I got thrown off the bull and my foot got caught in the stirrup, causing me to break my ankle. Even though I signed the form, can I still sue the bar for my injury? Also, does it matter if I was drunk when I signed the form? ANSWER: In Ohio, an owner of a business offering a recreational activity may have a participant in that activity sign a waiver of liability that relieves the owner of
