Do you have to have insuance to let people park or is a waiver good enough.
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Do you have to have insuance to let people park or is a waiver good enough.
Theres are festival like events near my
house and the business runs out of
parking. It makes the traffic horrible
and my family owns a 60 acre field near
to it that could effectively get rid of
all the congestion and maybe we could
charge for a small parking fee. Some of
my family is worried about the
liability of doing that. My aunt loomed
into insurance and our insurance
company wants a special parking policy
sumwhere around 800.00 a year. Well
that hardly seems worth it when there
are only a few events a year. Basically
one month in the summer one month in
the fall. Would we be able to negate
the need for insurance with a
parking/vehicle/injury liability
waiver?
Asked on October 25, 2016 under Business Law, Florida
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
A waiver offers protection against the normal hazards of parking, such as getting scratched by another car or by gravel kicked up by other vehicles, but would not protect against any unsafe conditions you knew or reasonable (that is logically) should have known about but failed to correct. So say that your field has a ditch beside it, which most parking lots don't, and the lip crumbled and a car slid into it--you could be sued despite a waiver. Or say it has ruts and holes in it, and someone turns an ankle--parking lots are usually smooth, so you could get sued. You would not be advised to do this without insurance.
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