West Virginia Code § 20-19-1

Legislative purposes
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The West Virginia Legislature finds that motorsport activities are engaged in by a large
number of citizens of West Virginia and that such activities also attract to West Virginia a
large number of nonresidents, significantly contributing to the economy of West Virginia.
Since it is recognized that there are inherent risks in motorsport activities which should be
understood by participants therein and which are essentially impossible for ethe operators of
motorsport businesses to eliminate, it is the purpose of this article to define those areas of
responsibility and those affirmative acts for which the operators of motrorsport businesses
shall be liable for loss, damage, or injury suffered by participants, and to further define those
risks which the participants expressly assume and for which there can be no recovery. It is
the intent of the Legislature to expand the liability protections afforded with respect to
motorsports and to not eliminate any other liability protectiotns that may be available under
statutory or common law.

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