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QUESTION OF FACT WHETHER ALLOWING TANDEM RIDING AND SPINNING THE TUBES IN ICY CONDITIONS UNREASONABLY INCREASED THE RISK IN THIS SNOW-TUBING INJURY CASE (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department determined the defendant’s motion for summary judgment, asserting assumption of the risk, was properly denied in this snow-tubing injury case. Apparently plaintiff went over a berm and collided with a padded pole. There was a triable issue of fact whether allowing plaintiff and her daughters to ride tandem and spinning their tubes, under icy conditions, unreasonably increased the risk:

… [P]laintiff primarily relied on the deposition testimony of her companion and the project manager to argue that the weather and the condition of the lanes and snow berms on the day in question were such that spinning and in tandem tubing were contraindicated and, therefore, should not have been allowed. In particular, plaintiff’s companion testified that she walked from plaintiff’s lane to the pole with which plaintiff collided and found the terrain to be “[i]cy” and “hard.” Additionally, based on his examination of the glare and shadows in the photographs taken on the day of the accident, the project manager testified that the lanes and snow berms appeared “icy” and that the lanes were “probably getting a bit frozen over” and “fast.” He stated that when the lanes “iced up” and became too fast, the lane safety attendants at the bottom of the hill were supposed to either cut down the number of tubers that were permitted to ride together or prohibit tandem riding altogether. He further stated that he had previously observed snow tubers leave their lanes as a result of being spun. In our view, the foregoing proof, considered in the light most favorable to plaintiff … , raises a factual issue as to whether the risk of injury was unreasonably increased by the actions of the lane attendants — namely, allowing plaintiff and her daughters to ride tandem and spinning their tubes prior to their descent — under the particular weather and terrain conditions at the time of plaintiff’s injury … . Thompson v Windham Mtn. Partners, LLC, 2018 NY Slip Op 03415, Third Dept 5-10-18

​NEGLIGENCE (ASSUMPTION OF THE RISK, SNOW TUBING, QUESTION OF FACT WHETHER ALLOWING TANDEM RIDING AND SPINNING THE TUBES IN ICY CONDITIONS UNREASONABLY INCREASED THE RISK IN THIS SNOW-TUBING INJURY CASE (THIRD DEPT))/ASSUMPTION OF THE RISK (SNOW TUBING, ASSUMPTION OF THE RISK, SNOW TUBING, QUESTION OF FACT WHETHER ALLOWING TANDEM RIDING AND SPINNING THE TUBES IN ICY CONDITIONS UNREASONABLY INCREASED THE RISK IN THIS SNOW-TUBING INJURY CASE (THIRD DEPT))/SNOW TUBING (ASSUMPTION OF THE RISK, SNOW TUBING, QUESTION OF FACT WHETHER ALLOWING TANDEM RIDING AND SPINNING THE TUBES IN ICY CONDITIONS UNREASONABLY INCREASED THE RISK IN THIS SNOW-TUBING INJURY CASE (THIRD DEPT))

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