White v. Deseelhorst

DURHAM, Justice:

Plaintiff Corey White appeals the Third District Court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant Solitude Ski Resort.1 White contends that the trial court erroneously dismissed his negligence claim on the basis of Utah’s inherent risks of skiing statute. Utah Code Ann. §§ 78-27-51 to -54. We reverse.

*1373Because the trial court dismissed White’s claim on summary judgment, we relate the facts and all reasonable inferences arising therefrom in the light most favorable to him. Christensen v. Swenson, 874 P.2d 125, 127 (Utah 1994). On April 22, 1988, White was injured in a…