Ski Law News and Reports
| Skiing Collision Brings Criminal Charge Skier facing a criminal charge after collision with a Kissing Bridge ski instructor, precedent-setting New York ski case |
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| Law Reporter, Volume 51, No. 10, December 2008 Speeding skier collides with another, settles for policy limits of $1.5M |
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| Salvini record jury verdict upheld by Washinton court of appeals - read the description. |
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| Skier fatalities are on the rise. Faulty equipment, speed, and ability can be factors, but what is really behind the increase? - Jim Chalat is interviewed by Steffan Tubbs of KOA NewsRadio on snowcountry safety to listen to the February 11, 2008 interview. Play audio --> |
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| Recent Deaths at Steamboat Ski Areas - Tree wells pose hidden danger to ski area guests |
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Experts say Michigan laws neglect safety - |
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| Jim Chalat again chosen as Colorado SuperLawyer for 2007! -Read the SuperLawyer Feature Article -Read the 2007 profile. |
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| Waivers cannot stop Utah skier lawsuits - Utah Supreme Court rules waivers act against best interests of society |
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| Colorado snowboarder/skier collision involves 8 year old - hear the analysis as to why Colorado is paying such close attention.
Jim Chalat interviewed by NBC Affiliate - 9News KUSA-TV -Read the article |
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| Jim Chalat quoted in Denver Post article Terrain-park safety becomes top priority after key lawsuit |
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| Law Week interviews Jim Chalat - Increase In State’s Skiers Means Increase In Litigation |
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| Jim Chalat featured in Newsweek magazine's Periscope First Person: One Lawyer's Guide to Safe Skiing |
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| Jim Chalat featured as one of"America's Best Lawyers" by Sky Radio.Hear Jim's interview as aired on United Airline's Sky Radio. |
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| Jim Chalat interviewed on Colorado Public Radio show, Colorado Matters, Dan Meyers speaks with Denver attorneys Jim Chalat and Peter Rietz who share their perspectives on the two-tiered system of legal liability for Colorado ski resorts. Listen to the interview. |
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| Planet Jackson Hole - Is the Risk Inherent or Artificial? Jim Chalat discusses the risks of skiing. |
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| Jim Chalat quoted in the Vail Trail 'Trauma parks' spark safety debate |
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| Jim Chalat quoted in the New York Times Safety on the Slopes: Easy to Say, but Harder to Ensure |
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Jim Chalat quoted in the Denver Post Vail drops its countersuit against skier hurt at bridge |
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| Law Reporter Volume 48, No. 4, May 2005
$1M settlement for downhill skier hit by uphill skier |
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| Law Reporter Volume 48, No. 3, April 2005 Skier hits snow groomer ascending ski slope |
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| Snowboarder doesn't want girl's father charged for fistcuffs By Electa Draper, Denver Post Staff Writer "Slope rage" incident involves a father who allegedly punched the snowboarder who collided with his 8-year-old daughter at Vail. |
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| Appeal Denied in Virginia Skiing Accident By Liesel Nowak, The Daily Progress |
The Supreme Court of Virginia has refused to hear an appeal by Wintergreen Resort in the case of a girl severely injured in a skiing accident. The 2004 trial resulted in the largest jury verdict previously awarded in a ski case. |
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| Charges Dropped in Skiing Fatality - Breckenridge Death Triggers Suit By Kin |
By Steve Lipsher, Denver Post Mountain Bureau |
Summit County officials dropped all criminal charges against a Briton involved in a fatal ski collision, even as the victim's family filed a wrongful-death lawsuit in federal court. |
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| British Skier Freed, Will Not Face Charges By Deborah Frazier, Rocky Mountain News A British man won't face criminal charges in another skier's death, but the victim's family filed a civil suit against him Thursday. |
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| Boarder Sentenced In Skiing Collision By Ellen Miller, Rocky Mountain News A 20-year-old Texas man who got drunk and slammed into a children's ski school class at Sunlight Ski Area was sentenced Thursday to the heaviest penalty ever handed out in a Colorado ski-collision. |
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| Colorado Leads Way In Helmet Rules For Ski-Schoolers By Jason Blevins, The Denver Post Several Colorado ski areas are forcing a shift in long-standing resort policy by mandating helmet use this season for kids in ski school. |
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| Criminal Verdict In Skier Case By Jean Hellwege, Trial | The Daily Progress A Colorado jury recently convicted a skier of criminally negligent homicide for slamming into and killing a fellow skier on the slopes at the Vail ski resort. |
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| "Speed Kills" May Explain Increase In Ski Accidents By Jason Blevins, Denver Post Six snowriders dead on Colorado's ski slopes. Two paralyzed. Two fighting for their lives under the sweating brows of some of the state's most gifted surgeons. Could there be a reason beyond a statistical flare-up? |
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| Skier To Stand Trial In '97 Vail Death By Deborah Frazier, Rocky Mountain News For the first time in Colorado's long history of skiing, a court jury has been summoned to decide what is criminally reckless behavior on the slopes. |
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| Mom Fights 'Undefined' Ski Law By Jason Blevins, Denver Post A mother's long fight against Vail Resorts over her son's death while he was skiing appears to be heading for U.S. District Court in Denver, and the result could dissolve ambiguity in the long-standing Colorado Ski Safety Act. |
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| Speed Demons - Should skiing too fast be a criminal offense? By Jane Stebbins, Breckenridge-Summit County Journal |
Ashley Robbins may only be 9 years old, but she know the dangers that lurk on the ski slopes. |
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| Jury Finds SkiCo Negligent, Awards Snowboarder $100K By Rick Carroll, Aspen Daily News A federal jury on Monday ruled that the Aspen Skiing Co. was negligent when a female snowboarder from Vermont collided with a snowmobile at Snowmass in March 1997. As a result, the SkiCo must pay her $100,000. |
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| CPSC Staff Recommends Use of Helmets for Skiers, Snowboarders to Prevent Head Injuries By Ken Giles | The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) staff is recommending skiers and snowboarders wear helmets to help prevent head injuries from falls and collisions. |
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| Off To Slopes? Then On With Helmet, Doctors Say By Ann Schrader, Denver Post As skiers shell out big bucks for boots, bindings and boards, experts are recommending that they don't forget to chip in a few dollars to protect their brains. |
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| Hope Built On Tragedy's Pain By Ginny McKibben, Denver Post Brian Dovey has been missing a big piece of his life since his 11-year-old brother, Matthew, died three years ago in a skiing accident at Breckenridge. |
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| Down Hill Litigator By Scott N. Miller, Eagle Valley Enterprise Sunday Extra Skiing's a pretty safe sport, overall. But a few times a year, the lawyers get called out. |
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| Ski-Area Lawsuits Upheld By Howard Pankratz, Denver Post The Colorado Supreme Court yesterday refused to give Colorado ski-area operators blanket immunity from lawsuits by skiers injured on their slopes. |
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| Dancer Wins $2.4 Million - Knee Injured in Ski Accident at Snowmass By Ginny McKibben, Denver Post |
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