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The Hardline / Legal Issues
« on: Jan 18, 2010, 10:52 am »
I've been working with a group of friends trying to take an existing theatre company and make it "official". They have no legal status, no financial accounts (and apparently no accounting) so it's been an uphill process. The company has been performing for seven years but completely under the radar. The creative director wants to make it a legal company but doesn't want to stop performing in the meantime.
My question is this, if I were to actually work a show as their stage manager, how liable would I be if one of the performers were hurt during the course of the show if I were to render first aid? My belief is I would not be covered by Good Samaritan laws since I was acting in an official capacity as the stage manager and I'm also uncertain if my role as a first responder with my local fire department would complicate matters. The performers have signed waivers saying they would not hold the theatre company responsible for injury but since the theatre company doesn't legally exist, I don't think those waivers would hold up in a court of law.
My question is this, if I were to actually work a show as their stage manager, how liable would I be if one of the performers were hurt during the course of the show if I were to render first aid? My belief is I would not be covered by Good Samaritan laws since I was acting in an official capacity as the stage manager and I'm also uncertain if my role as a first responder with my local fire department would complicate matters. The performers have signed waivers saying they would not hold the theatre company responsible for injury but since the theatre company doesn't legally exist, I don't think those waivers would hold up in a court of law.