Liability Waiver Doesn't Shield Vail Resorts From $21M Ski Lift Fall Verdict

Liability waiver doesn't shield Vail Resorts from $21M ski lift fall verdict

A $21 million jury verdict against Vail Resorts for a paralyzing ski lift fall shows that liability waivers — those documents often written in legalese that people must sign before taking part in an activity— aren't ironclad legal protection for…

Broomfield jury finds Vail Resorts negligent, awards injured skier $12.4 million in landmark verdict

A $12.4 million jury award to a woman paralyzed after falling from a Crested Butte Mountain Resort chairlift in 2022 marks an historical ruling against ski resorts that have long argued that liability waivers signed by skiers give them blanket immunity from lawsuits.  Annie Miller was 16 and on a ski trip with her Oklahoma church group when she slipped from the Paradise Express lift at Crested Butte Mountain Resort in March 2022. Her family argu…

Colorado jury awards $21 million to woman paralyzed in fall from Crested Butte ski lift

A Colorado jury on Friday awarded $21 million to a woman who was paralyzed when she fell from a ski lift at Crested Butte Mountain Resort three years ago. The jury verdict comes just over a year after the Colorado Supreme Court considered the woman’s case and ruled that liability waivers do not protect ski resorts when resorts violate state laws or regulations. That ruling allowed the lawsuit to go forward and likely ended a push by ski resorts …