A U.S. District Court judge, predicting Pennsylvania law, has ruled that a collision between two skiers may be the result of negligence and is not always an inherent risk of the winter sport.
Judge Richard P. Conaboy said in Smith v. Demetria last month that the plaintiffs could get a jury trial on their claim that a collision on the slopes is an “abnormal” occurrence and not one that is intrinsic to the activity of skiing.
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