Ohio Code 4169.09 – Liability for losses and damages
A ski area operator, a tramway passenger, freestyler, competitor, or skier is liable for injury, death, or loss to person or property caused by the operator’s, passenger’s, freestyler’s, competitor’s, or skier’s failure to fulfill any of the responsibilities required by this chapter. A ski area operator, a tramway passenger, freestyler, competitor, or skier is not liable for injury, death, or loss to person or property caused by another‘s failure to fulfill any of the responsibilities required of another by this chapter. A ski area operator, a tramway passenger, freestyler, competitor, or skier is not entitled to recover for injury, death, or loss to person or property caused by the operator’s, passenger’s, freestyler’s, competitor’s, or skier’s failure to fulfill any of the responsibilities required by this chapter.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 4169.09
- Another: when used to designate the owner of property which is the subject of an offense, includes not only natural persons but also every other owner of property. See Ohio Code 1.02
- Competitor: means a skier actually engaged in competition, a special event, or training or practicing for competition or a special event in any portion of the area made available by the ski area operator. See Ohio Code 4169.01
- Freestyler: means a skier utilizing freestyle terrain marked with signage approved by the national ski areas association. See Ohio Code 4169.01
- Passenger: means any person who is being transported or conveyed by a passenger tramway. See Ohio Code 4169.01
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Property: means real and personal property. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Ski area: means all the ski slopes, ski trails, and passenger tramways that are administered or operated as a single enterprise within this state. See Ohio Code 4169.01
- Ski area operator: means a person or organization that is responsible for the operation of a ski area, including an agency of this state or of a political subdivision thereof. See Ohio Code 4169.01
- Skier: means any person who is using the facilities of a ski area, including, but not limited to, the ski slopes and ski trails, for the purpose of skiing, which includes, without limitation, sliding or jumping on snow or ice on skis, a snowboard, sled, tube, snowbike, toboggan, or any other device. See Ohio Code 4169.01