CHOICE OF LAW, VENUE, JURISDICTION. In further consideration of the Activities, I agree to the following: (a) My membership application, the foregoing voluntary assumption of risk, and release shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Maryland, without giving effect to conflict of laws provisions thereof; (b) in the event of any dispute or controversy of any kind whatsoever arising out of my membership and membership application, the foregoing voluntary assumption of risk and release, or the activities, the venues for any legal action arising from or related to such dispute or controversy shall be the appropriate court of the State of Maryland. My voluntary agreement to each of the foregoing sub-paragraph shall be verified by placing my initials here. __________
RE: RELEASE OF LIABILITY REGARDING COMMUNICABLE DISEASE (Hep B, Hep C, HIV, COVID-19, etc.). In consideration for being: (a) accepted as a member of SLMD LLC; (b) instructed in and about exercise by SLMD LLC; (c) entitled to participate in any and all of the activities conducted or sponsored in whole or in part by SLMD LLC; and (d) permitted to use any and all SLMD LLC facilities and equipment, whether owned or leased by SLMD LLC, in connection with SLMD LLC, its activities, or otherwise (refereed to hereinafter collectively as the “activities”), to the fullest extent possible, I hereby fully and forever release: (a) SLMD LLC, its affiliated organizations, and their successors, assigns, officers, directors, members, agents, employees, insurers, representatives and attorneys (referred to hereinafter as “SLMD LLC”); and (b) any and all manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, suppliers, and/or retailers of SLMD LLC facilities of the equipment that I may use in connection with any and all activities conducted and/or sponsored in whole or in part by SLMD LLC from any and all claims, actions or causes of action, damages, demands, costs, expenses, losses, and attorney’s fees of every kind and nature, which I have, or may claim to have arisen out of or are related to arising out of or resulting from the transmission of a communicable disease or their transmission to others. I agree that the foregoing release shall be binding on my heirs, distributors, guardians, executors, administrators, successors in interest and legal representative. It is my intention that this release will be effective to bar all claims, demands, controversies, causes of action, liabilities, costs, expenses, attorneys’ fees, and damages of whatsoever character, nature and kind, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, arising out of or related to the activities and/or the transmission of a communicable disease or failure to perform services which were either intended to or assumed to prevent communicable disease of their transmission to others. As such, I expressly waive any and all rights and benefits. This agreement will be governed by the laws of the State of Maryland.