United States Tenth Circuit

In a negligence action, summary judgment in favor of defendant-ski resort is reversed where the district court erred when it found that the risk of falling into a snowboard half-pipe was an inherent risk of plaintiff's alpine skiing even though she had chosen not to attempt that type of terrain.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/15/2004
• Published 12/15/2004

Judges

• LUCERO, Circuit Judge., Before SEYMOUR, HENRY, and LUCERO, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert E. Schroth Sr. (Robert E. Schroth Jr. and W. Keith Goody, with him on the briefs), Jackson, WY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mikel L. Moore (James K. Lubing, Jackson, Wyoming, with him on the brief), Christensen, Moore, Cockrell, Cummings & Axelberg, P.C., Kalispell, MT, for Defendant-Appellee.