The Colorado Supreme Courtroom has agreed to listen to a case that might additional outline the extent to which legal responsibility waivers defend ski resorts from negligence claims introduced by prospects who’re injured on the resort.
John Litterer v. Vail Summit Resort Inc., a case involving negligence claims introduced by a Texas snowboarder who collided with a snowmobile pushed by an worker at Breckenridge Ski Resort in 2020, has been granted certiorari by the state’s highest court docket.
Which means no less than three of the seven justices on the Supreme Courtroom have agreed to evaluation the case, which had beforehand been dismissed by the Summit County District Courtroom and Colorado Courtroom of Appeals. Each decrease courts had decided that Litterer gave up his claims to sue when he signed legal responsibility waivers when buying an Epic Go.
Vail Summit Resort Inc. is a subsidiary of Vail Resorts, the corporate that owns the Epic Go, six ski resorts in Colorado and dozens of different resorts throughout the U.S., Canada, Australia and Switzerland. A spokesperson for Breckenridge Ski Resort and Vail Resorts declined to touch upon ongoing litigation.
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