Woods v. New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority

OPINION OF THE COURT

John L. Bell, J.

This claim requires the court to decide whether a ski area operator has a legal duty to secure the name of a skier who *9collides with another skier so as to protect the litigation interest of the latter. Although the precise issue was decided recently by the Supreme Court of Vermont in O’Connell v Killington, Ltd. (164 Vt 73, 665 A2d 39), and earlier by the Supreme Court of Idaho in Northcutt v Sun Val. Co. (117 Idaho 351, 787 P2d 1159) and the Minnesota Court of Appeals in Phillips v Wild Mtn. Sports (439 NW2d 58 [Minn]), such issue, insofar as any reported…