Washington Supreme Court· 7/30/1992

Scott v. Pacific West Mountain Resort

Citations

834 P.2d 6
119 Wash. 2d 484
1992 Wash. LEXIS 205

How courts have described this case

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holding that the enforcement of an exculpatory agreement signed by a parent on behalf of a minor child participating in a ski school is contrary to public policy
holding that the statutory provision imposes a duty on ski area operators “ ‘to provide reasonably safe facilities,’. .. and to avoid enhancing the skier’s risks”
holding that the enforcement of an exculpatory agreement signed by a parent on behalf of a minor child participating in a ski school is contrary to public policy
concluding that since, under Washington law, “a parent generally may not release a child’s cause of action after injury, it makes little, if any, sense to conclude a parent has the authority to release a child’s cause of action prior to an injury”
finding “[n]o legally sound reason ... for removing children’s athletics from the normal tort sys tem”
listing the four types of assumption of risk and describing implied primary assumption of the risk as a situation where an individual assumes the risks inherent in an activity

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Judges: Andersen

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