Cormier v. Central Massachusetts Chapter of the National Safety Council

We transferred this case to this court on our own motion to decide whether a “motorcycle safety course waiver form” which the defendant required the plaintiff to sign before she could participate in a beginner motorcycle rider safety course given by the defendant barred the plaintiff from any recovery for injuries sustained by her. A judge of the Superior Court concluded that the plaintiff’s execution of the form barred her claims and granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment. See Mass. R. Civ. P. 56 (b), *287365 Mass. 824 (1974). We also conclude that the defendant was entitled to…