Legal Opinion
Mammoth Mountain Ski Area v. Graham
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 26, 2006No. C048881PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
NICHOLSON, J.
While snowboarding down a slope at Mammoth Mountain Ski Area (Mammoth), 17-year-old David Graham 1 was engaged in a snowball fight with his 14-year-old brother. As he was “preparing to throw a snowball” at his brother, David slammed into Liam Madigan, who was working as a ski school instructor for Mammoth. As a result of the collision, Madigan sustained injuries for which Mammoth had to provide workers’ compensation benefits.
Madigan sued David and his parents, Geoffrey and Laura, for personal injury, alleging David was engaged in reckless and dangerous behavior and his…
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