WOW BAO EATING CONTEST WAIVER & RELEASE
In consideration of being allowed to participate in the Wow Bao “Bao Eating Contest” and related events and activities, the undersigned, on behalf of myself, agrees to the following:
1. I acknowledge and agree that I am age 18 or older at the start of this contest period.
2. I acknowledge and fully understand that I will be engaging in activities that involve risk of serious injury to myself or damage to my personal property, including but not limited to choking, vomiting, feeling nauseous or dizzy, social and economic losses which might result not only from my own actions, inaction’s, injury or negligence, as well as the actions, inactions, or negligence of others, the rules of play, the condition of the premises or of any equipment used or food consumed. Further, there may be other risks not known or not reasonably foreseeable at this time.
3. I acknowledge that I have been informed of such risks and hereby willingly assume all of the foregoing risks and others that are not known and accept personal responsibility for all expenses, medical or otherwise, from such damages, injury, disability or death.
4. I RELEASE, WAIVE, DISCHARGE, and COVENANT NOT TO SUE, Wow Bao LLC, Valor Equity Partners, Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, Inc., their respective affiliates, owners, officers, directors, agents, employees, contractors, other participants, sponsoring agencies, sponsors, advertisers, and, if applicable, owners and lessors of the premises used to conduct the Bao Eating Contest (collectively, the “Releasees”), from any liability to me, my personal representatives, heirs, assigns, next of kin for any and all claims, demands, losses, expenses or damages of any sort, on account of damage to personal property or injury caused or alleged to be caused in whole or in part by the negligence or gross negligence of the Releasees or otherwise. I further agree that if, despite this release and waiver of liability, assumption of risk, and indemnity agreement, I, or anyone on my behalf, makes a claim against one of the Releasees as a result of my involvement in the Wow Bao Eating Contest, I WILL INDEMNIFY, SAVE, and HOLD HARMLESS each of the Releasees from any expenses, attorney fees, loss, liability, damage or cost which any of the Releasees may incur as a result of such claim or demand.
5. I agree to complete and provide to Sponsor an IRS Form W-9 and be responsible for all federal, state and local taxes should I win a prize.
6. This waiver may not be modified in any way. If any part of this waiver is determined to be invalid by law, all other parts of this waiver shall remain valid and enforceable.
I HAVE READ THE ABOVE WAIVER AND RELEASE, FULLY UNDERSTAND ITS TERMS, UNDERSTAND THAT I HAVE GIVEN UP SUBSTANTIAL RIGHTS BY SIGNING IT AND HAVE SIGNED IT FREELY AND WITHOUT INDUCEMENT OR ASSURANCE OF ANY NATURE, AND INTEND IT TO BE A COMPLETE AND UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE OF ANY AND ALL LIABILITY TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW AND AGREE THAT IF ANY PORTION OF THIS WAIVER AND RELEASE IS HELD INVALID, THE BALANCE, NOTWITHSTANDING, SHALL CONTINUE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT:
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WAIVER OF LIABILITY RELATING TO CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19
Wow Bao cannot prevent you from becoming exposed to, contracting, or spreading COVID-19 while utilizing Wow Bao’s services or premises. It is not possible to prevent against the presence of the disease. Therefore, if you choose to utilize Wow Bao’s services and/or enter onto Wow Bao’s premises you may be exposing yourself to and/or increasing your risk of contracting or spreading COVID-19.
ASSUMPTION OF RISK: I have read and understood the above warning concerning COVID-19. I hereby choose to accept the risk of contracting COVID-19 for myself in order to utilize Wow Bao’s services and enter Wow Bao’s premises.
WAIVER OF LAWSUIT/LIABILITY: “I RELEASE, WAIVE, DISCHARGE, and COVENANT NOT TO SUE, Wow Bao LLC, Valor Equity Partners, Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, Inc., their respective affiliates, owners, officers, directors, agents, employees, contractors, other participants, sponsoring agencies, sponsors, advertisers, and, if applicable, owners and lessors of the premises used to conduct the Bao Eating Contest (collectively, the “Releasees”), from any liability to me, my personal representatives, heirs, assigns, next of kin for any and all claims, demands, losses, expenses or damages of any sort, on account of damage to personal property or injury caused or alleged to be caused in whole or in part in connection with exposure, infection, and/or spread of COVID-19 related to utilizing Wow Bao’s services and premises. I understand that this waiver means I give up my right to bring any claims including for personal injuries, death, disease or property losses, or any other loss, including but not limited to claims of negligence and give up any claim I may have to seek damages, whether known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen.
CHOICE OF LAW: I understand and agree that the law of the State of Illinois will apply to this contract.
I HAVE CAREFULLY READ AND FULLY UNDERSTAND ALL PROVISIONS OF THIS RELEASE, AND FREELY AND KNOWINGLY ASSUME THE RISK AND WAIVE MY RIGHTS CONCERNING LIABILITY AS DESCRIBED ABOVE:
