Recreation industry and trial lawyers battle over liability waivers

House Bill 3140 is generating fireworks. 

By Nigel Jaquiss

Oregon Journalism Project

Drownings on the Rogue River.

Horrific—and sometimes fatal—ski accidents on Mount Hood and Mount Bachelor.

Stomach-turning sexual abuse at the hands of a trusted coach.

Even being crushed nearly to death by an escaped 1,400-pound Sisters Rodeo bull named Party Bus.

Those and other appalling anecdotes of recreation gone wrong transfixed the House Committee on Economic Development, Small Business and Trade on Feb.…

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