When Are Ski Resorts Liable for Ski and Snowboard Injuries?

Skiers and snowboarders who take lessons and exercise reasonable caution can enjoy their sport without undue risk of injury. Still, any high-speed sport can be dangerous. To some, the danger is part of the thrill. So when an injury occurs, are skiers and snowboarders by default responsible for their own injuries because the sport is, by nature, dangerous? Or are ski resorts sometimes responsible for injuries, and when?

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Screenwriter Beats Defamation Lawsuit by Former Lover

A judge has dismissed “libel in fiction” claims brought against Carroll Cartwright, co-writer of the film “What Maisie Knew,” by his former romantic partner, Ronee Sue Blakely. Blakley alleged that Cartwright modeled the mother in that film after her and then proceeded to falsely and maliciously portray the mother as uncaring and selfish.

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World Wrestling Entertainment Doctor Sues Punk and Cabana for Defamation

Former World Wrestling Entertainment Superstar CM Punk and wrestler/podcaster Colt Cabana were served with a cold dose of reality last February in the form of a defamation lawsuit filed by WWE ringside doctor Christopher Amann. The lawsuit arises from a series of allegations made by Punk on Cabana’s popular Art of Wrestling podcast over Thanksgiving weekend last year.

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Artist or Peeping Tom? When is a Photo an Invasion of Privacy?

Starting in 2012, artist Arne Svenson took pictures of his New York City neighbors, “surreptitiously, hiding himself in the shadows of his darkened apartment,” according to the court. A New York state appeals court ruled that an artist who used a telephoto lens to photograph a family in their glass-wall apartment was not liable for invasion of privacy.

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