Most cases involving inebriated bowlers seem to revolve around resulting violence that happens either during bowling or afterwards. Many bowlers have trouble saying exactly what caused their injury. Courts have differed on whether or not to accept that theory. A fitness club, unlike a ski operation, is an inside business where the fitness club operator can be expected to have more control over the premises. The result is that a fitness club operator must usually do inspections to determine not only obvious problems, but also dangers that a customer might not necessarily notice.
Accidents occur with fitness machines.
Lawyers often charge that the machine was inherently dangerous, or that the club failed to maintain it properly. However, evidence that no other accidents had occurred on the particular machine after years of use by other customers was considered by one court to be useful evidence of its safety. Generally, a fitness club does not need to give a physical examination to its customers, but it may be held to have a duty to have first aid personnel and equipment on hand. Some fitness clubs require that a customer's doctor approve fitness activity. Although I am writing this article while there are six inches of snow on the ground where I live and work, by the time you read this article it probably will be much warmer and you will possibly be thinking of going to play golf.