Sanchez-Souquet ex rel. Sanchez v. Jiminy Peak, Inc.

Considering the facts most favorable to the plaintiff, there is evidence upon which the jury could find that the plaintiff, a girl who was 7 years of age at the time, was enrolled on December 11,1996, in the “Skiwee” Ski School program at Jiminy Peak, which is located in Hancock, Massachusetts. This program was advertised, in a promotional brochure, to be “safe, fun, and educational.” In a previous lesson, her skills had been determined to be “Level 4,” indicating she was capable of doing snow plow turns, but not parallel skiing. It is the policy of the defendant’s ski school generally to…