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Originally Posted by JayP
"Pfahler was skiing ahead of Scott and turned into him. Scott, the uphill skier, did not have time to react, Robb Swimm said."
It doesn't sound like anyone is at fault to me.
It's pretty much all hearsay at this point and I don't think some idiot who threatened to sue a 7-year while on the ski hill deserves to be believed.
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Later in the article it basically says that the uphill skier is at fault in these types of situations.
When skiers pass other skiers, they need to make sure that the other skiers are aware they’re being passed by shouting or giving them enough room to turn, Avon defense attorney Bruce Carey said.
“If one skier is completely behind the downhill skier, then the downhill skier would be unaware of the uphill skier,” said Carey, who prosecuted the first case of reckless skiing to go to trial in Colorado. “That’s why the burden falls on the uphill skier.”
Suing a child is pretty lame, but the Swimm family's insurance should be covering any lost wages and recovery costs. This guy has bills to pay too, and if he was off work because of the accident he should be compensated.