McHerron v. Jiminy Peak, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mead v. M.S.B., Inc. · Clover v. Snowbird Ski Resort · School Committee of Brockton v. Teachers' Retirement Board · Hiibschman Ex Rel. Welch v. City of Valdez · Atkins v. Jiminy Peak, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A skier shall be presumed to know of the existence of certain unavoidable risks inherent in the sport of skiing, which shall include, but not be limited to, variations in terrain, surface or subsurface snow, ice conditions or bare spots, and shall assume the risk of injury or loss caused by such inherent risks [emphasis supplied].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.