Case Name: Brian KOPEIKIN, M.D., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MOONLIGHT BASIN MANAGEMENT, DBA Moonlight Basin Resort, LLC, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-05-18
Citations: 691 F. App'x 355
Docket Number: No. 15-35186
Parties: Brian KOPEIKIN, M.D., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MOONLIGHT BASIN MANAGEMENT, DBA Moonlight Basin Resort, LLC, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before: McKEOWN, BEA, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 691
Pages: 355–355

Head Matter:
Brian KOPEIKIN, M.D., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MOONLIGHT BASIN MANAGEMENT, DBA Moonlight Basin Resort, LLC, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 15-35186
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted May 9, 2017 Seattle, Washington
Filed May 18, 2017
Shandor Badaruddin, Shandor S. Bada-ruddin, Missoula, MT, Troy L. Booher, Beth E. Kennedy, Attorneys, Zimmerman Jones Booher, Salt Lake City, UT, for Plaintiff-Appellant
Ian McIntosh, Attorney, Crowley Fleck PLLP, Bozeman, MT, for Defendant-Ap-pellee
Before: McKEOWN, BEA, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
The parties are familiar with the facts so we will not recite them here. We review de novo the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Moonlight Basin Management, LLC. See Fontana v. Haskin, 262 F.3d 871, 876 (9th Cir. 2001). Dr. Brian Kopeikin appeals that ruling on the ground that the evidence supports sufficient inferences to charge Moonlight Basin with constructive knowledge of the rocks that caused Kopeikin's injuries, and therefore avoid summary judgment with respect to Moonlight Basin's negligence liability despite Montana's Skier Responsibility statutes. See Mont. Code Ann. § 23-2-702, -731, -733, -736. We need not address the scope of the statutes here. Even if we accept Kopeikin's construction of these provisions, there is no genuine dispute as to a material fact with respect to Moonlight Basin's alleged constructive knowledge of the rocks that caused Kopeikin's injuries. And, as Kopeikin acknowledged, there is no evidence that Moonlight Basin had actual knowledge of the rocks at the time of Kopeikin's accident.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.