Atkins v. Jiminy Peak, Inc.

This case presents the question whether an action by an injured skier against a ski area operator is governed by the one-year limitation of actions provision of G. L. c. 143, § 7 IP, where the plaintiff’s theories of recovery are negligence and breach of warranty, as well as breach of contract, in the renting of defective ski equipment.

In her original complaint, filed on December 5, 1984, the plaintiff alleged that on March 20, 1982, she sustained serious injuries while skiing at the defendant’s ski resort, and that those injuries were caused by defective ski equipment she had rented from the…