Court Finds Different Sub-Sports Equate to Different Assumed Risks

A Michigan appeals court has affirmed a decision to deny a motion for summary disposition brought by the ski resort, which was sued by an alpine skier after the plaintiff injured himself on a snowboard rail.   The key determination in the majority decision was that different kinds of skiers (alpine, snowboard, etc.) assume different kinds of risks and that the resort could have perhaps done more to prevent the accident from occurring.   The accident occurred on February 5, 1997 when th