United Airlines, Inc. v. Lerner

Plaintiff, United, failed to warn its customer, David Lerner, that the danger of avalanches might frustrate his wife’s planned skiing vacation by causing police authorities to keep a road to the ski area closed. The circuit court granted summary judgment to United on both its complaint and Lerner’s counterclaim, and we affirm.

As disclosed by the pleadings and affidavits, the underlying facts at this stage of the proceedings do not appear to be in dispute. In late December 1974, Lerner, the defendant-counterplaintiff, was interested in providing a week-long skiing vacation to his wife and son.…