Saldarini v. Wachusett Mountain Ski Area, Inc.

This is the second case we decide today involving the applicability of the Massachusetts “Ski Safety Act,” G. L. c. 143, §§ 71H-71S (1994 ed.), as a bar to recovery for a skiing injury. In this case, we are asked to consider whether ice conditions on a chairlift offloading ramp are a risk inherent in the sport of skiing and recovery for injury caused thereby is also barred by G. L. c. 143, §§ 71H-71S.

Amy Beth Saldarini, a minor, was injured in a collision with an unidentified skier while alighting from a chairlift at the defendant’s ski resort. Amy and her parents brought suit in the Superior…