Ski Resort’s Assumption of Risk Argument Takes a Spill

A federal judge from the Middle District of Pennsylvania has denied a ski resort’s motion for summary judgment in a case in which a woman sued the company for negligence after a skier collided with her, while she watched her husband and kids take skiing lessons.   The court was unmoved by Ski Shawnee, Inc.’s argument that it was shielded from liability by the Pennsylvania Skier's Responsibility Act (Act), 42 Pa. C.S.A. § 7102(c), or, alternatively, “the traditional common law assumpt