Posted: February 16th, 2023
Read and brief Soraghan v. Mt. Cranmore Ski Resort.
Additionally, discuss the impact of Soraghan v. Mt. Cranmore Ski Resort on statutory law related to premises liability as a result of the court’s decision.
Case briefs should be one page in length (single spaced), use 12-point Times New Roman font and one-inch margins, and list citations
and references in APA format.
Case Citation:
Plaintiff v. Defendant, Volume Source Page (Court Date)
Body (one paragraph for each element):
Facts: Outline the pertinent facts in the case, highlighting those with bearing on the court’s final decision.
Issues: Present the specific legal question(s) before the court. If the court raised/addressed multiple issues, address each separately.
Your issues should be concisely stated in question form and specific, not generalizations.
Holding (Decision): Outline the final decision of the court in this case. Answer the questions that you stated in the issues section.
Rationale: Your brief should conclude with a summary of the explanation by the court of its findings. Why did the court answer the
legal question in the manner that it did?
Additional Questions/Discussion: In some of the case briefs additional discussion questions have been provided for you to answer.
Provide a brief (no more than one page, single spaced) answer to these questions. You must justify and support your answers.
SOLUTION
Soraghan v. Mt. Cranmore Ski Resort, 715 A.2d 348 (N.H. 1998)
Facts: The plaintiff, a skier, was injured while attempting to board a chairlift at Mt. Cranmore Ski Resort. The plaintiff claimed that the defendant’s employee was negligent in failing to stop the chairlift when the plaintiff fell from the lift and was dragged for a distance. The defendant argued that the plaintiff’s claims were barred by the release and waiver of liability language contained in the plaintiff’s season pass agreement.
Issue: The issue in this case was whether the release and waiver of liability language contained in the plaintiff’s season pass agreement was enforceable, and if so, whether it barred the plaintiff’s negligence claims against the defendant.
Holding: The New Hampshire Supreme Court held that the release and waiver of liability
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