In the case of Courbat v. Dahana Ranch, Inc.,
Hawaii S. Ct. No. 25151 (July 10, 2006),
the Hawaii Supreme Court found by a 3-2 decision
that a recreational liability waiver for a horse ride
may be valid and enforcable as to negligence claims.
Under the facts of that case
the court held that unless the claimants
were able to demonstrate a violation
of Hawaii's "unfair or deceptive acts or practices" law
found in HRS Chapter 480 that their claims would be barred.
Claimants asserted that the ranch violated the statute
by having a practice of springing the
liability release on participants after they had
already prepaid and already committed their time and resources
to appear at the ranch.
On August 12, 2025, a deadly crash happened in Florida when an illegal immigrant named Harjinder Singh driving a commercial truck made an illegal U-turn on a freeway - killing 3. The accident resulted in criticism of the states of Washington and California for their commercial driver licensing policies which issued a CDL to an illegal immigrant who could not speak English and had flunked the CDL test 10 times. Another similar fatal crash took place in California on October 21, 2025, when another illegal immigrant, Jashanpreet Singh, driving a commercial truck failed to even brake as he crashed into the back of a line of stopped traffic - killing 3. He also had been given a CDL by Gavin Newsom's DMV. Three dead after illegal immigrant driving a commercial truck causes freeway mayhem
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