Pennsylvania Law in Negligence Case Cuts Both Ways in Skiing Cases

By James Moss Ski Shawnee, Inc., a small ski area located minutes from the New Jersey boarder was fighting two negligence claims, or maybe more, at the same time. One in Federal Court, Birl v. Ski Shawnee, Inc., 2026 U.S. App. LEXIS 20; 2026 LX 70043, and one in state court, Lin v. Shawnee Mt. Ski Resort, 2025 Pa. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 3259; 2025 LX 571762, which were decided within 24 days of each other. In Lin, the plaintiff described herself as a Type II skier. Type II is a rating developed by