Legal Opinion
O'CONNELL v. Killington, Ltd.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided August 4, 1995No. 93-394PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDooley, J.
Defendant ski area, Killington, Ltd., appeals from a negligence judgment against it based on defendant’s failure to identify an unknown skier with whom plaintiff, Mary Ryan O’Connell, collided while skiing. On appeal, defendant claims that it owed no duty to plaintiff to identify the other skier, that plaintiff’s claim is barred because the jury found that the accident resulted from an inherent risk of skiing, and that the court made errors in its charge to the jury. We reverse.
On January 12, 1990, plaintiff was skiing one of defendant’s most difficult trails. She stopped to rest at the edge…
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