SOUZA v. SQUAW VALLEY SKI CORP.

No. C049329.

41 Cal.Rptr.3d 389 (2006)

138 Cal.App.4th 262

Tatum SOUZA, A Minor, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SQUAW VALLEY SKI CORPORATION et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

April 5, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley Paul Elley for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Hancock Rothert & Bunshoft, Duane Morris, LLP, John E. Fagan, Tahoe City, Paul J. Killion, San Francisco, Jill Haley Penwarden, Tahoe City, and Michael J. Reitzell for Defendants and Respondents.


DAVIS, Acting P.J.

In this negligence and strict products liability action, a child skier collided with a plainly visible, aluminum snowmaking hydrant located on a ski run. The trial court granted summary judgment to the ski resort and the hydrant distributor, deeming the collision an inherent risk of skiing under the primary assumption of risk doctrine and finding no basis for the products liability claim. We affirm...

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