Legal Opinion
O'DONOGHUE v. Bear Mountain Ski Resort
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 3, 1994No. E012438PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DABNEY Acting P. J.
Plaintiff Conor O’Donoghue appeals after the trial court granted summary judgment against him on his cause of action for personal injuries he suffered while skiing at Bear Mountain Ski Resort. The court granted summary judgment for defendant Bear Mountain on the basis of “primary assumption of the risk.” (See Knight v. Jewett (1992) 3 Cal.4th 296 [11 Cal.Rptr.2d 2, 834 P.2d 696].) We determine the injuries plaintiff suffered resulted from an inherent risk of the sport of skiing, and we affirm.
Facts
Plaintiff was an intermediate- to advanced-level skier. He had skied…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Rowland v. ChristianCalifornia Supreme Court · 1968
- Knight v. JewettCalifornia Supreme Court · 1992
- Wright v. Mt. Mansfield Lift, Inc.District Court, D. Vermont · 1951
- Danieley v. Goldmine Ski Associates, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 1990
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