Covel v. Mt. Mansfield Co.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Harris, J.), entered December 21, 1995 in Albany County, which granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

The parties concede that Vermont law must be applied to resolve this dispute, in which plaintiff seeks to recover for injuries sustained while skiing in Stowe, Vermont, at a resort owned and operated by defendant Mt. Mansfield Company, Inc.* Supreme Court granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment, finding that under Vermont law plaintiff accepted the risk created by the foggy conditions she encountered, and…