The Saratogian

Serving the Saratoga Springs, N.Y. region

Published: Thursday, November 03, 2011

BALLSTON SPA — West Mountain, represented by Jim Kelly, was not responsible for injuries sustained by a Saratoga Springs woman in 2008, a jury decided Thursday.

On Jan 1, 2008, Sara Finn, of Saratoga Springs, fell while attempting to ski off a lift and broke her pelvis in four places. Finn sued the mountain’s owners, contending that her fall was caused because snow and ice had built up on her skis as she went past snowmaking guns near the lift.

A jury found that West Mountain was not negligent in the case.

The jury agreed with the mountain’s representatives’ contentions that they weren’t responsible because Finn assumed the risk of injury per state skiing law and because the snow could have been blown in any direction.