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§ 3.2-6302 Liability of ox activity sponsors, ox professionals

No provision of this chapter shall prevent or limit the liability of an ox activity sponsor or ox professional who:

1. Intentionally injures the participant;

2. Commits an act or omission that constitutes negligence for the safety of the participant and such act or omission caused the injury, unless such participant, parent or guardian has expressly assumed the risk causing the injury in accordance with subsection B of § 3.2-6301; or

3. Knowingly provides faulty equipment or tack and such equipment or tack causes the injury or death of the participant.

History

This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 404 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2008, chapter 860.

1994, c. 404, § 3.1-796.136; 2008, c. 860.

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