Fjerstad v. Heartland Racing Ass'n

OPINION

CRIPPEN, Judge.

Appellant, who was injured due to surface alterations made on a frozen lake for a snowmobile race, challenges the trial court’s summary judgment that respondent Sportsmans Bar did not sponsor the event and thus did not owe him a duty. We affirm.

FACTS

Heartland Racing Association staged a snowmobile race on Lake Minnewawa. To create a race course, Heartland made surface changes to the frozen lake. Six days after the race, appellant Gerald Fjerstad sustained injuries when his snowmobile flew off a snow bank formed as part of the race course.

Appellants, Fjerstad and his…