Murphy v. Chestnut Mountain Lodge, Inc.

Plaintiff, in a two-count complaint, sought damages for personal injuries sustained while skiing at defendant’s lodge (the Lodge). The trial court directed a verdict on the negligence count at the close of all the evidence, and the jury then found for defendant on the strict liability count. On appeal, he contends that the directed verdict was improperly entered, and that error in the admission of certain testimony by defendant’s expert witness entitled him to a new trial on the strict liability count.

Before addressing the merits of plaintiff's contentions, we consider defendant’s assertion…