State Supreme Court Says Alpine Skier Assumes Risks of Snowboard Rail

A majority of justices within the Supreme Court of Michigan have reversed an appeals court, and granted summary judgment to a ski resort, which was sued after an alpine skier injured himself on a snowboarding rail.   Central to the majority’s finding was that the courts do not distinguish between types of skier, be it alpine or snowboarder, and that, pursuant to the Ski Area Safety Act of 1962 (SASA), “each person who participates in the sport of skiing accepts the dangers that inhere i