Any ski area operator shall be liable for loss or damages caused by its failure to follow the duties set forth in sections 6-1103 and 6-1104, Idaho Code, where the violation of duty is causally related to the loss or damage suffered. The ski area operators shall not be liable to any passenger or skier acting in violation of their duties as set forth in sections 6-1105 and 6-1106, Idaho Code, where the violation of duty is causally related to the loss or damage suffered; nor shall a ski area operator be liable for any injury or damage to a person who is not legally entitled to be in the ski area; or for any loss or damages caused by any object dropped, thrown or expelled by a passenger from an aerial passenger tramway.
Idaho Code § 6-1107
Liability of ski area operators
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Finnern v. Sunday River Skiway Corp. (1993)
Most recently applied in Bagley v. Mt. Bachelor, Inc. (December 2014)
I.C., § 6-1107, as added by 1979, ch. 270, § 1, p. 701.
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