Bill to Regulate Parasailing Becomes a Law in Florida

Jul 25, 2014

Florida Governor Rick Scott signed into law new regulations on the parasailing industry, which has been beset with tragic accidents, some of them attributable to negligence, over the last decade.   The White-Miskell Act, which is named after two victims who died five years apart, amends a Florida law and requires parasailing operators to stop their activities when weather conditions make parasailing unsafe. Owners of parasailing businesses must keep a weather log and have equipment on their
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