Ski Cases by Type of Accident

• Skier/skier Collisions
  

  • Guzy v. Lewis - Unsupervised minor skier collides into fellow skier at Keystone

  • Affa v. Nejezchleb - Witness testimony established that the defendant was sitting back on his skis, skiing straight down the fall line at a high rate of speed and collided into Affa from above

  • Kleinstein v. Milkulas - Deadbeat skier skips put on settlement after serious collision with other skier

  • Hakim v. Valkoun - Snowboarding class results in one student wiping out fellow student

  • Coxon v. Bond - Student in snowboard class run over by skier

  • Sale v. Dixon - Vail skier-skier collision settles for $500,000.00

  • Handley v. Thoms - Minor skier run over by adult

  • Ulissey v. Shvartsman - Broadway dancer awarded $2.4 million for loss of career

  
  

• Lift Accidents
  

  • Bayer v. Crested Butte -Colorado ski lift without restraining bars, Colorado Supreme Court holds that ski area operator owes highest duty of care in the operation of its lifts

  • Otálora v. Vail - Lift accident resulting in shoulder injury

  
  

• Ski Area Negligence
  

  • Grigg v. Wintergreen Partners, Inc. - Jessica Grigg, age 17, was skiing down Eagle's Swoop, an open intermediate slope at Wintergreen ski resort in Nelson County, Virginia when she collided with a a large diesel powered track snow groomer

  • Hoar Case Report - $6.2 million verdict awarded critically injured fireman

  • Hoar v. Great Eastern Resort Management, Inc. Supreme Court Ruling - Record verdict reinstated, expert testimony not necessary in common sense case

  • Lee v. Aspen - Jury awards snowboarder $100,000.00 for injuries she sustained when hit by Aspen Ski Company snowmobile

  • Graven v. Vail - Colo. Supreme Court ruling reopens question of ski area liability, narrows construction of the inherent danger rule

  • Dovey v. Victoria Breckenridge- Order DENYING Defendant's Motion to Dismiss Wrongful Death Claim Arising from Collision With Man Made Object
  
  

• Manslaughter and Wrongful Death Claims

  • Henrichs v. Wills - A British tourist ran into a fellow skier while skiing Sunday, March 2, 2003 on a Breckenridge beginner's run, causing injuries which eventually proved fatal to victim

  • People v. Hall - Sentencing following the jury's finding of guilt of Negligent Homicide charges for causing the death of another skier.

  • People v. Hall Colorado Supreme Court Opinion - held that a reckless skier may stand trial on criminal charges for reckless manslaughter. Jim Chalat filed the amicus curiae brief in support of the People.