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NELSON v. GREAT EASTERN RESORT, INC.

Record No. 020680.

574 S.E.2d 277 (2003)

265 Va. 98

Lisa S. NELSON v. GREAT EASTERN RESORT MANAGEMENT, INC. t/a Massanutten Ski Lodge, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 10, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Bryan Slaughter (Michie, Hamlett, Lowry, Rasmussen & Tweel, on briefs), Charlottesville, for appellant.

M. Bruce Wallinger (Wharton, Aldhizer & Weaver, on brief), Harrisonburg, for appellees.

Amicus curiae: Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (Roger T. Creager, R. Lee Livingston, Christopher J. Robinette, Thomas J. Curcio, Marks & Harrison; Tremblay & Smith; Dunn, Curcio and Keating, on briefs), in support of appellant.

Present: All the Justices.

Opinion by Justice LAWRENCE L. KOONTZ, JR.

In this appeal, the dispositive issue is whether the trial court erred in instructing the jury in a personal injury case that the owner/operator of a recreational facility owed no duty to protect a voluntary participant against the "inherent risks" of the recreational activity in which the participant was injured.

BACKGROUND

The parties do not dispute the relevant facts, which will be recited here in the...

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