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NSGA stats say skiing is flat, numbers are right, why?
National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA) have numbers you can rely on. NSGA numbers for Downhill (alpine) skiing participation show the following for the past 8 years. 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 Total...
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FIS establishes new regulations for ski racing helmets. Standards filter down...
Basis of the new test for ski helmets is the helmet must survive a drop test that is approximately three feet higher and at a speed approximately three mph faster. The FIS, (International Ski...
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Schorpp et al., Respondents, v Oak Mountain, LLC, et al., 143 A.D.3d 1136; 39...
Schorpp et al., Respondents, v Oak Mountain, LLC, et al., 143 A.D.3d 1136; 39 N.Y.S.3d 296; 2016 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 6784; 2016 NY Slip Op 06932 Ron W. Schorpp et al., Respondents, v Oak Mountain,...
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Skier assumes the risk on a run he had never skied before because his prior...
Assumption of the risk is a bar to claims of negligence in New York for injuries a skier receives at the ski area because of his experience as an expert skier. Schorpp et al., Respondents, v Oak...
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Whitman et al., v. Zeidman, 16 A.D.3d 197; 791 N.Y.S.2d 54; 2005 N.Y. App....
Whitman et al., v. Zeidman, 16 A.D.3d 197; 791 N.Y.S.2d 54; 2005 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 2505 Harrison Whitman et al., Appellants, v. Michael Zeidman, an Infant, by Sarit Zeidman, His Parent and Legal...
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Cole, et al., v. Camelback Mountain Ski Resort, et al., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS...
Cole, et al., v. Camelback Mountain Ski Resort, et al., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 100183 Gyl Cole, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Camelback Mountain Ski Resort, et al., Defendants. 3:16-CV-1959 UNITED STATES...
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Any angry injured guest or a creative attorney will try about anything to...
The lawsuit failed, this time. However, the failure was due to Pennsylvania law more than New Jersey law. The plaintiff argued it was a violation of the act to advertise to New Jersey residents to...
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Vu v. Ski Liberty Operating Corp., et. al., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 49013 Quan Vu and May Siew, Plaintiffs, v. Ski Liberty Operating Corp., et. al., Defendants, 1:16-cv-2170 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT...
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Under Pennsylvania law, a collision with other skiers or boarders is an...
The terrain off of the trail was different than normally found at a ski area. A 3-4 drop off into a pile of rocks. However, the risk is skiing off the trail, not what you run into when you do. Vu v....
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A season pass release for a Pennsylvania ski are was limited to the inherent...
The defendant one because the court was able to interpret the risk as one that was inherent in skiing. The defendant also, laid out the risks of skiing quite broadly in its information to the...
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Soderberg, v. Anderson, 906 N.W.2d 889, 2018 Minn. App. LEXIS 47 (Minn. Ct. App., Jan. 16, 2018) Julie A. Soderberg, Respondent, v. Lucas Anderson, Appellant. No. A17-0827 Supreme Court of Minnesota...
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Minnesota Supreme Court allows skier v. skier lawsuits in MN. Colliding with...
NSSA website that describes skiing as safe if done under control contributes to the reasoning that skiers should be able to sue other skiers in a sport. Soderberg, v. Anderson, 906 N.W.2d 889, 2018...
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Soderberg v. Anderson, 922 N.W.2d 200, 2019 Minn. LEXIS 32, 2019 WL 287781
Soderberg v. Anderson, 922 N.W.2d 200, 2019 Minn. LEXIS 32, 2019 WL 287781 Supreme Court of Minnesota January 23, 2019, Filed A17-0827 Reporter 922 N.W.2d 200 *; 2019 Minn. LEXIS 32 **; 2019 WL 287781...
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