Legal Opinion
Merrill v. Sugarloaf Mountain Corp.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided August 7, 1997PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Justice.
[¶ 1] James Merrill appeals from the judgment entered in the Superior Court (Penob-scot County, Kravchuk, J.) in favor of Su-garloaf Mountain Corporation pursuant to a motion for a summary judgment. Merrill contends that the court erred when it concluded as a matter of law that 26 M.R.S.A. § 488 (1988) 1 protects Sugarloaf from liability for injuries Merrill suffered when he skied into a drainage ditch on a trail at Sugarloaf. We agree and vacate the judgment.
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[¶ 2] On December 26, 1993, Merrill and three friends, Jason LaGrange, Scott Hunt, and Gary Martin, skied at Sugarloaf.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Binette v. Dyer Library Ass'nSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1996
- David J. Dillworth Dorothy Dillworth v. Andrew GambardellaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
- Estate of Frant v. Haystack Group, Inc.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1994
- Maynard v. Commissioner of CorrectionsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1996
- Philippi v. Sipapu, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1992
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Hansen v. Sunday River Skiway Corp.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1999
- Merrill v. Sugarloaf Mountain Corp.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2000
- Nancy J. McCandless v. John RamseySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2019
- Green v. Sunday River Skiway Corp.District Court, D. Maine · 1999
- Nancy J. McCandless v. John RamseySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2019