BURKE v. SKI AMERICA, INC.

No. 90-1477.

940 F.2d 95 (1991)

Sheila O'Malley BURKE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SKI AMERICA, INCORPORATED, formerly Ski-Roundtop, Incorporated, t/a Ski Roundtop, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 30, 1991.

As Amended August 6, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis Francis O'Brien, White, Mindel, Clark & Foard, Towson, Md., for plaintiff-appellant.

Barrett W. Freedlander, Weinberg and Green, Baltimore, Md., for defendant-appellee.

Before ERVIN, Chief Judge, MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge, and GODBOLD, Senior Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, sitting by designation.


OPINION

GODBOLD, Senior Circuit Judge:

This is a removed diversity case, tried under Pennsylvania law.

Plaintiff, an experienced skier, was injured in a fall on a Pennsylvania ski slope. She sued the owner of the ski area alleging various acts of negligence with respect to design, inspection, equipment and maintenance of the ski slope. These negligence theories have substantially dropped out of the case, and, as presented to us, the case concerns...

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