Ski areas are asking the Oregon Legislature for enhanced protection from lawsuits after the state Supreme Court invalidated the broad liability waivers often printed on the back of lift tickets. Ski facility executives told the Senate Judiciary Committee this week …
Ski areas cannot be held liable for negligence in slope side collision cases, even if an employee causes the accident, the New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The court unanimously ruled against Diana Martinez of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, who sued Gunstock …
House members voted 61-8 to give ski areas expanded protections from lawsuits that arise when their customers are hurt in terrain parks or swept up in in-bounds avalanches. Tuesday’s vote moves the measure to the Senate. The Idaho Ski Areas …
A Pennsylvania appeals court says a spectator who was hit by a baseball at a youth tournament can’t sue the groups that sponsored the event. The Superior Court says Tracy DeBrigida accepted the risks inherent in baseball when she attended …
The exclusive remedy for a worker injured in the course of his employment is the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act) regardless of whether the injury was caused by an inherent risk of the job, according to a recent decision by the …