Enjoyment of Life, Shmenjoyment of Life

I use releases to introduce the concept of consideration in part because most students have signed one somewhat recently.  The casebook I use features Reed v. UND (see part IV of the opinion), previously blogged about here, in which a charity race participant waives his right to sue for negligence on behalf of the race organizers.  A student tipped me off to the latest trend in such activity releases at the high school level--the waiver of the right to sue for loss of enjoyment in life.  This story provides great examples of typical contractual language, parents' understandings of the language, and tort-based explanations for the language.

[H.R. Anderson, hat tip to student Terri Parker]