Cheong v. Antablin

Opinion

CHIN, J.

Two friends went skiing together. One collided with the other, inflicting injury. We must decide whether the injured skier has a valid action *1066in tort against the uninjured skier. The issue’s resolution requires us to revisit the questions of duty and assumption of risk in a sports setting we considered in Knight v. Jewett (1992) 3 Cal.4th 296 [11 Cal.Rptr.2d 2, 834 P.2d 696] (Knight) and Ford v. Gouin (1992) 3 Cal.4th 339 [11 Cal.Rptr.2d 30, 834 P.2d 724, 34 A.L.R.5th 769] (Ford) and to consider a Placer County ordinance relating to skier responsibility. We conclude that, under…