GRASS v. CATAMOUNT DEVELOPMENT CORP.


390 Mass. 551 (1983)

457 N.E.2d 627

ANGELA GRASS, administratrix, vs. CATAMOUNT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Berkshire.

December 8, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Smith for the defendants.

Fredric A. Swartz for the plaintiff.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., LIACOS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


O'CONNOR, J.

We consider whether an action for wrongful death arising out of injury to a skier and brought against the operator of a ski area is governed by the limitation of actions provision of G.L.c. 143, § 71P, dealing with actions against ski area operators, or by the limitation of actions provision in the wrongful death statute, G.L.c. 229, § 2.

In her complaint, filed on March 2, 1981, the plaintiff alleged that on March 4, 1979, her intestate...

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