Merenoff v. State

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims, dismissing a claim for injuries sustained by the infant claimant. The infant and her mother were spectators at a ski jump at Bear Mountain State Park on January 28, 1951. The ski of a contestant, freed in the course of a jump, slid into the group of spectators standing in a roped-off area adjoining the so-called “ out run terminal ” and injured claimant. The injury occurred 400 feet or more from the spot where contestant fell and his skis were detached. The record indicates that skis are attached to the boots of the skier in such a…