Survey of Ski Law in the United States
by James H. Chalat
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ILLINOIS - 2006
No ski safety act. Government and its employees immune from claims arising from "hazardous recreational activity," defined to include skiing. sledding, and tobogganing, that occurs on public land. 745 Ill. Comp. Stat. Ann. 10/3-109.
Cases
The court declined to extend common law contact sport liability limitation to skiing, finding that skiers owe each other duty of reasonable care, and that skiing is not a contact sport, in Novak v, Virene, 586 N.E.2d 578 (Ill. App. Ct. 1991), cert denied.
