Limitation on liability for injury or death at fairs or festivals
If a small town (10,000 people or fewer) puts on a fair or festival, that town is not responsible if someone gets hurt or dies there. People who attend cannot sue the town for injuries, losses, or death. The town does have to post warning signs at the entrances and around the event telling people about this rule.
537.550. on for injury or death at fairs or festivals — signs to be posted, content. — 1. No county, city or village with ten thousand or fewer inhabitants that organizes, sponsors, or conducts any fair, festival, or similar gathering shall be , except as provided in sections 537.600 to 537.650, for an injury or death of any person attending the event, and no person attending the event shall make any against, or recover from, any such county, city or village for injury, loss, damage, or death of the person attending the event.
2. Each county, city or village governed by this section shall post and maintain signs which contain the warning notice specified in this section. The signs shall be placed in a clearly visible location at major entrances to the event and throughout the event location as determined by the of the county, city or village. The signs described in this section shall be in black on a white background with each letter to be a minimum of one inch in height and contain substantially the following warning notice:
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Source & history notes
(L. 2004 H.B. 795, et al).
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