Scott v. Pacific West Mountain Resort

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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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