Multiple Person Waiver Case Summary

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BACKGROUND: Lakewood Church provides for online registration for attendance to its many events. Through this online registration individuals are allowed to sign up to attend events and sign any required release waiver. Currently a person is allowed to sign up another adult during the registration process. This second adult is then sent an email to verify this registration and allow them to sign their own waiver.

ISSUE:
Issue #1: Whether multiple individuals can sign one release and it still be considered enforceable?
Issue #2: Is it necessary/recommended for us to send a registration confirmation email for an event that does not require a waiver?

CONCLUSION:
Issue #1: Texas has not yet ruled upon the validity of a release signed by multiple individuals, but it appears that it is not advisable to administer a “group” liability release.
Issue #2: There is no legal requirement that a confirmation email be sent after a person registers for an event.

APPLICABLE LAW:
Issue #1 – Multiple Person Waiver
As noted above, no Texas court has ruled upon the issue of group
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Holzer, 2000 SD 65 P12; See generally Doyice Cotton, Are Waiver/Releases Worth The Paper They Are Written On?, SportWaiver (Oct. 18, 2011), http://www.sportwaiver.com/are-waiverreleases-worth-the-paper-they-are-written-on-2/; Corinna Charlton, Group Liability Waivers: Is It Worth Saving the Paper?, Ribbons and Red Tape (June 2012) http://ribbonsandredtape.blogspot.com/2012/06/group-liability-waivers-is-it-worth.html. I was only able to find two group waivers of liability online, one from a fitness website and another a template posted on the website of Risk Management for the University of California,