Maison Law helps Oakland residents hurt while on a ski trip up in the mountains. Ski Resort owners can be held accountable when their slopes or their facilities are in such an unsafe condition that it raises the risk of accidents. Business owners and corporate owners can be liable for a victim’s medical bills and lost time at work.
We offer a free, no-obligation case consultation to all injured ski accident victims. It’s a no-risk way to find out how much your case is worth and how to hold a ski resort fully liable.
When You May Need a Lawyer for Your Ski Injury Claim
If you suffer a few minor scrapes or just some bruising after a ski resort accident, you may be fine handling your claim without a lawyer. But when your accident results in serious injuries, and owners and operators contributed to unsafe conditions, it’s a good idea to have a California ski resort lawyer on your side.
A more serious injury, like a broken wrist or leg, a back injury, or a head injury, will come with higher medical bills. The longer recovery time and escalating hospital costs will prompt the ski resort and their insurers to find ways to avoid full responsibility. They can try to blame a skier for an accident, or try to downplay the severity of an injury.
Your attorney is a safeguard against this treatment. Maison Law fully investigates what happened and the role the ski resort employees played. The evidence found makes it hard for insurance companies to deny blame. Then your attorney demands the maximum in compensation for you. This is often much more than you could hope to win by taking on a ski resort and their teams of lawyers yourself.
A Free Consultation with a Real Accident Attorney
You can be stuck at home healing from a broken leg and wondering when you can get back on the slopes again. You may also be concerned about affording your next lift ticket once you pay all of your medical bills.
That should never be your concern if a negligent ski resort put you in harm’s way. Contact Maison Law to schedule a free, confidential case consultation. It’s a no-obligation chance to find out what resort owners should be paying you and how to force them to accept full responsibility for your recovery costs.
Injury Support for Skiers in Accidents
You might be on the slopes when you hit an unsafe area that wasn’t marked that way. You might suffer multiple broken bones and have surgery fees piling up. You might be in the lodge when you fall down a set of stairs because a handrail wasn’t secure. These are both situations where a ski resort owner or corporate owners could be held liable for injuries.
They could be liable for every economic cost you hit along your recovery, like hospital bills and weeks of physical therapy. They could be liable for your non-economic damages such as the pain that becomes chronic pain, or even arthritis.
A skilled attorney would demand this and other support for as long as you required help:
- Current medical bills and those expected in the future for injuries, including…
- Broken Bones
- Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI)
- Back Injuries
- Spinal Column Injuries
- Neck Injuries
- Knee and Hip Injuries
- Tendon, ligament, and muscle tears
- Deep cuts
- Facial injuries and Damaged Teeth
- Support for a Permanent Disability
- Support for the pain you endure and may continue to experience
- Support for your emotional distress during a difficult recovery
- Support for your loss of enjoyment of life, including having to stay off the slopes
- Replacement of all lost income while you can’t work
- Travel costs getting to doctor’s appointments and to see out-of-area specialists
- Repair or replacement of damaged ski equipment
- Wrongful death damages for families who lose a loved one to a fatal ski accident
People in Oakland love hitting the slopes. They’ve even formed a club to allow snow fans to meet up near the ski resorts. The Oakland Ski Club even has it’s own lodge, Donner Lodge, where members can stay and tell their best ski stories.
When members get hurt, or any skiers from the Bay Area are injured, Maison Law wants to make sure they know their rights and receive what they need to pay for the best care available.
Responsible Parties in a Ski Resort Accident
A ski resort is a business, and that means owners and operators must keep visitors and skiers as safe as possible. It means keeping the slopes free of hazards and marking off unsafe or damaged trails. It means removing hazards found in a lodge and in hotels that might cause a guest to get hurt.
Ski resorts must also watch for the hazards that other guests create. They must fix spots on the slopes damaged by skiers. They must mop up messes that guests spill on the floor or track into locker rooms.
When Bay Area skiers head up to places like Sugar Bowl Ski Resort or Dodge Ridge, they must have safe paths through parking lots, through the lodges, and up the slopes in back. Unfortunately, they can be put in harm’s way by the actions of others and especially of negligent operators.
These are a few of the parties that might have to help support an injured guest:
- Other skiers
- Resort owners and corporate owners
- A rental company or tour group used outside the resort
- Contractors who maintain machinery
- Manufacturers who make skis and slope equipment that fails or malfunctions (e.g., ski lifts, snow plows, bindings)
Your attorney would explore every avenue and may file multiple claims if more than one party contributed to your accident. Filing against several entities can mean that victims have a better chance to earn everything they need to pay all of their recovery costs.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I get ski injury support if I signed a waiver?
Yes, in most cases you can still get injury support, even if you signed a waiver. Everyone signs a waiver when paying for a lift ticket at a resort like Royal Gorge. However, these waivers of liability don’t exempt ski resort owners from all liability if you get hurt. A waiver usually covers just the normal hazards of the activity of skiing, like falling or losing control. But waivers usually wouldn’t protect ski resorts if the actions of their employees, or failure to act, led to out-of-the-ordinary dangers for guests. When you have a serious injury, it’s a good idea to check with a lawyer in a free consultation to determine if a ski resort could be forced to provide support.
How long do I have to file a ski accident claim?
Two years. Ski injury victims are granted up to two years to file a claim against a ski resort or a related business around the resort. It’s critical that victims act quickly, though. Evidence can get lost or erased when victims wait months or years to explore their potential for a claim.
What If I can’t afford to pay a lawyer right now?
If you feel Maison Law could help you earn more for your injury, you don’t have to worry about how you’ll pay a lawyer. Maison Law doesn’t ask for any payment unless we win your case for you. Then our attorney’s fee comes out of the settlement check that a resort’s commercial liability insurance company must write for you.
Contact an Oakland Ski Injury Lawyer
Maison Law offers a free case review to anyone injured at Ski Resorts in California. We can help Oakland skiers if they get hurt while up in Norden, Pinecrest, or Lake Tahoe.
If we can’t help you earn more for your injury, we’ll tell you that and point you in the right direction for filing a successful claim yourself.
If we feel we can earn you more for your recovery, we’ll explain how. We’ll also take over your case and handle the frustrating claims process, while allowing you to sit at home and heal, so you can get back to the lodge as soon as possible. We want to be there for you through this difficult time and make sure you are treated fairly and receive the support you need quickly.
