Court Opinion

ID: 9631215
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 10:32:01.686817+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:07:50.456205
License: Public Domain

CONCURRING STATEMENT BY
McEWEN, P.J.E.:
¶ 1 Since the author of the majority Opinion has provided so perceptive and persuasive an expression of rationale, I hasten to join in that Opinion, and write separately only to express the view that the second question raised by appellant— whether the language of the release is effective to preclude appellants’ claim of negligent design — warrants resolution,16 since that question stands as an inexorable *1276corollary to whatever decision is rendered on the question of whether the terms of the release were effectively communicated to appellants.

. In my view the following language of the release is broad enough to preclude the negligent design claim of appellants:
Skiing, snowboarding and snow tubing, including the use of lifts, are dangerous sports with inherent and other risks. These risks include but are not limited to, variations in snow, steepness and terrain, trail side drop offs, ice and icy conditions, moguls, rocks, trees, and other forms of forest growth or debris (above and below the surface), bare spots, lift towers, utility lines, poles and guy wires, snowmaking equipment and component parts, trail fences and control nets and the absence of such fences and nets, and other forms of natural or manmade obstacles on and/or off designated trails, as well as collisions with equipment, obstacles or other participants; trial conditions vary constantly because of weather changes and skier use. These are some of the risks of skiing, snowboarding and snow tubing. All of the inherent and other risks of skiing, snowboarding and snow tubing present the risk of serious and/or fatal injury.
Exhibit A to Stipulation. See generally: Zimmer v. Mitchell and Ness, 253 Pa.Super. 474, 385 A.2d 437 (1978), affirmed per curiam, 490 Pa. 428, 416 A.2d 1010 (1980).