To Read an Analysis of this decision see: Release validity was based on whether brother had authorized brother to sign electronic release for him.
CHARLES MARKEN
v.
WACHUSETT MOUNTAIN SKI AREA, INC., & another.[1]
No. 21-P-667
Appeals Court of
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To Read an Analysis of this decision see: Release validity was based on whether brother had authorized brother to sign electronic release for him.
CHARLES MARKEN
v.
WACHUSETT MOUNTAIN SKI AREA, INC., & another.[1]
No. 21-P-667
Appeals Court of…
Issue revolved around the authority of one brother to sign the electronic release on behalf of the other brother.
Marken v. Wachusett Mountain Ski Area, Inc., 21-P-667 (Mass. App. May 02, 2022)
State: Massachusetts; Appeals Court of Massachusetts
Plaintiff:…
Indemnification agreements in releases fail. You cannot write the language in a release to qualify for indemnification. Here the ski area tried to get greedy and got slammed.
Vladichak v. Mountain Creek Ski Resort, Inc., A-1367-20 (N.J.…
To Read an Analysis of this decision see: New Jersey ski area pushes “indemnification” clause in release too far and gets told by court its release is an adhesion contract.
ANDREA VLADICHAK, Plaintiff-Respondent,
v.
MOUNTAIN CREEK SKI RESORT, INC., Defendant-Appellant,…
New Jersey Ski Statute, (N.J.S.A.)
5:13-1. Legislative findings; purpose of law 1
5:13-2. Definitions 2
5:13-3. Responsibility of operator 2
5:13-4. Duties of skiers 3
5:13-5. Assumption of risk of skier 4
5:13-6. Application of law on comparative negligence 4
5:13-7. Report of injury; precondition to…
LAURA MILUS, in her individual capacity and as Guardian of the Minor Child Plaintiff, D.L.J., Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
SUN VALLEY COMPANY, a Wyoming corporation, Defendant-Respondent.
No. 49693-2022
Supreme Court of Idaho, Boise
December 19, 2023
Appeal from the District Court of…
RICHARD BLIDE, ET AL, Appellants, v. RAINIER MOUNTAINEERING, INC., Respondent.
No. 9474-2-I.
The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division One.
June 15, 1981.
[1] Torts – Disclaimer of Liability – Validity – Test. An agreement releasing a party from liability…
Estate of Blakely v. Stetson Univ. (Fla. App. 2022)
THE ESTATE OF NICHOLAS ADAM BLAKELY, BY AND THROUGH MICHELLE WILSON, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE, Appellant,
v.
STETSON UNIVERSITY, INC., Appellee.
No. 5D21-2547
Florida Court of Appeals, Fifth District
December 30, 2022…