Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 1-1-121 (2026)

Recreation Safety Act; short title.

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This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Recreation
Safety Act".

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 18 cases, 1995–2016 · leading case: Muller v. Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, 2006 WY 100 (Wyo. 2006).

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Muller v. Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, 2006 WY 100 (Wyo. 2006). · cites it 3× “(vi) “This act” means W.S. 1-1-121 through 1-1-123. § 1-1-123. Assumption of risk.”

Rothstein v. Snowbird Corp., 2007 UT 96 (Utah 2007). · cites it 2× “Although both statutes contemplate the lack of liability associated with a variety of recreational activities, neither contains the kind of resounding public policy pronouncement present in Utah's Act.”

Halpern v. Wheeldon, 890 P.2d 562 (Wyo. 1995). · cites it 2× “The district court stated that the Wheel-dons were insulated from liability in tMs case pursuant to the Recreation Safety Act (the Act), Wyo.Stat. §§ 1-1-121 to -123 (Supp. 1992), 1 and granted a summary judgment in their favor.”

Creel v. L & L, Inc., 287 P.3d 729 (Wyo. 2012). · cites it 3× “Does the "Recreation[] Safety Act," Wyoming Statute § 1-1-121 through § 1-1-123, shield a provider of a recreational opportunity from liability when the provider fails to provide a safe environment for that recreational opportunity? 2.”

Addakai v. Witt, 2001 WY 85 (Wyo. 2001). · cites it 2× “[T 11] The Witts set up defenses predicated on the Recreation Safety Act ( Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 1-1-121 through -123 (Michie 1997)) and the so-called Wyoming Landowner Liability Act ( Wyo.”

Keller v. Merrick, 955 P.2d 876 (Wyo. 1998). · cites it 4× “Whether Wyoming’s Recreation Safety Act (Wyo. Stat. §§ 1-1-121, et seq.) applies to causes of action arising out of the sale of a horse? a.”

Betts v. Crawford, 965 P.2d 680 (Wyo. 1998). · cites it 2× “1995), in the context of assumptionof-risk language contained in the Recreation Safety Act, Wyo. Stat. §§ 1-1-121 through 123 (Supp.1992), effectively confirmed Barnette’s distinction and recognized that the type of assumption of risk that limits the duty owed by the recreation…”

Massengill v. S.M.A.R.T. Sports Med. Clinic, P.C., 996 P.2d 1132 (Wyo. 2000). · cites it 2× “” In a further effort to avoid the Agreement and Release, the Massengills present an argument that the Recreation Safety Act, Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 1-1-121 to 1-1-123 (Lexis 1999), creates a statutory duty on the part of providers of a sport or recreational opportunity because it…”

Peterson v. Wyoming Game & Fish Comm'n, 989 P.2d 113 (Wyo. 1999). · cites it 2× “Whether injury by a grizzly bear is an inherent risk assumed by appellant when hunting in grizzly bear country, thereby barring appellant from recovery pursuant to the Recreational Safety Act, Wyo. Stat. § 1-1-121, et seq. On July 3, 1978, the federal government captured a…”

Street v. Darwin Ranch, Inc., 75 F. Supp. 2d 1296 (D. Wyo. 1999). · cites it 2× “Defendant further insists that Plaintiff's negligence claim is defeated by Wyoming's Recreation Safety Act, Wyo.Stat.Ann. §§ 1-1-121 to 1-1-123 (1999).”

Dunbar v. Jackson Hole Mountain Resort Corp., 392 F.3d 1145 (10th Cir. 2004). “Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-1-121 et. seq.; see Sapone v.”

Beckwith v. Weber, 2012 WY 62 (Wyo. 2012). “§§ 1-1-121 to 123. They also argued that the Rider's Application and Liability Agreement on the reverse side of the Visitor's Acknowledgment released all of Appellant's claims for personal injury.”

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