Waiver Shields Ski Area in Negligence Case

A federal judge from the Eastern District of California has granted a ski facility’s motion for summary judgment in a case in which it was sued by the parents of a woman, who died while snowboarding at the facility and who sued on her behalf for negligence.   Central to the court’s ruling was its finding that the release the woman signed constituted a “clear and unambiguous express assumption of risk” for any injuries she might suffer.   Plaintiffs are the parents and successor