Constructive Knowledge and a Tale of Two Ski Cases

By Randy Wall, PE, MPA Two ski cases were recently decided in Pennsylvania, Lin v. Ski Shawnee, Inc. by the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, and Birl v. Ski Shawnee, Inc. by the United States Third Circuit Court of Appeals. In Lin, after taking a few runs, Lin was unable to stop and collided with the ski lodge at the bottom of the Greenhouse Slope, striking a plate glass window and suffering significant injuries. Birl was riding a snowboard in a terrain park at the resort, lost control after ridi