University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review Volume 36 Issue 1 Article 2 2013 A Case For a Bill Recognizing Primary Assumption of Risk as Limiting Liability for Persons and Providers Who Take Part in Sports & Recreational Activities J. Russell VerSteeg Follow this and additional works at: https://lawrepository.ualr.edu/lawreview Part of the Legislation Commons, and the Torts Commons Recommended Citation J. Russell VerSteeg, A Case For a Bill Recognizing Primary Assumption of Risk as Limiting Liability for Persons and Providers Who Take Part in Sports & Recreational Activities, 36 U. ARK. LITTLE ROCK L. REV. 57 (2013). Available at: https://lawrepository.ualr.edu/lawreview/vol36/iss1/2 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by Bowen Law Repository: Scholarship & Archives. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review by an authorized editor of Bowen Law Repository: Scholarship & Archives. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. A CASE FOR A BILL RECOGNIZING PRIMARY ASSUMPTION OF RISK AS LIMITING LIABILITY FOR PERSONS AND PROVIDERS WHO TAKE PART IN SPORTS & RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES J. Russell VerSteeg * § 1 . Definitions 1. A “sport or recreational activity” encompasses all commonly under- stood sports and recreational and/or adventure activities of any kind, whether or not those activities include an instructional, educational, or competitive component, including but not limited to: alpine sports and/or activities (including skiing, ski-biking, and snowboarding),