Except as provided in § 70-7-203:

(1) A whitewater professional shall not be liable for an injury to or the death of a participant resulting from the inherent risks of whitewater activities; and

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 70-7-202

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Inherent risks of whitewater activities: means those dangers or conditions that are an integral part of whitewater activities, including, but not limited to:
    (A) Water. See Tennessee Code 70-7-201
  • Participant: means any person who engages in a whitewater activity. See Tennessee Code 70-7-201
  • Representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Whitewater: means rapidly moving water. See Tennessee Code 70-7-201
  • Whitewater professional: means a person, corporation, LLC, partnership, natural person or any other entity engaged for compensation in whitewater activity. See Tennessee Code 70-7-201
(2) No participant or participant’s representative shall make any claim against, maintain an action against, or recover from a whitewater professional, or any other participant for injury, loss, damages, or death of the participant resulting from any of the inherent risks of whitewater activities.
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