Family of Teenager Seriously Injured During Pond Skim Event Claim Resort is Negligent The pond-skim is an end of season ritual at many resorts across the country, a fun way to celebrate the end of another season. But for one entrant at Snow King Mountain Resort, WY his participation in the event had an everlasting effect on the rest of his life, caused by injuries sustained during his skim attempt. Can the resort […] Industry News Steven Agar | August 24, 2018 5 Comments
Former Vail Patroller Speaks Out Over Avalanche Wrongful Death Verdict | All Gates to Prima Cornice Should have been Closed Former Vail ski instructor, Vail snowcat driver and Vail ski patroller Michael Beckley wrote this letter to Vail Daily in response to the verdict of Ingalls v. Vail. Vail Resorts was sued for negligence for the death of then 13 year old skier Taft Conlin. On January 22, 2012, Taft Conlin and four other skiers entered the lower gate of Prima Cornice at Vail […] Industry News Steven Agar | July 6, 2018 0 Comments
VERDICT: Jury Rule in Favor of Vail Resorts in Inbounds Avalanche Wrongful Death Trial A six-person jury ruled Wednesday, June 20, that Vail Resorts had closed the upper Prima Cornice run on Vail Mountain’s front side before an in-bounds avalanche killed 13-year-old Taft Conlin on Jan. 22, 2012, reports Vail Daily from court. Taft’s parents, Dr. Louise Ingalls and Dr. Stephen Conlin, had sued the ski company for negligence, saying the company did not close […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 21, 2018 2 Comments
GoPro Footage of Fatal Avalanche Shown to Jury in Wrongful Death Trial Against Vail Resorts GoPro video from Conlin and another of the boys with whom he was skiing wrapped up the first week of testimony in the wrongful death lawsuit his parents filed against Vail Resorts, reports Vail Daily. An in-bounds avalanche on Prima Cornice killed their son Jan. 22, 2012. The first video, shown in court but not released to the public, was a […] Avalanche SnowBrains | June 18, 2018 0 Comments
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