United States Eighth Circuit
BENNETT v. HIDDEN VALLEY GOLF & SKI, INC., 02-1311
Under Missouri law, a voluntary skier assumes the risks inherent in or incidental to skiing, regardless of subjective knowledge of those risks. Instructions as to the duty of care a proprietor of a place of public amusement owes a customer were proper. Reference to plaintiff's illegal drug use was relevant to her injuries.
Appellate Information
- Decided 01/31/2003
- Published 01/31/2003
Judges
- MURPHY, Circuit Judge., Before MURPHY and MELLOY, Circuit Judges, and FRANK, District Judge.
Court
- United States Eighth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Mark T. McCloskey, argued, Clayton, Missouri, for appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Thomas J. Magee, argued, St. Louis, Missouri (Robyn Greifzu Fox and Catherine Vale Jochens, on the brief), for appellee.