Cheong v. Antablin

Wilkie Cheong (plaintiff) and Drew Antablin (defendant), both experienced skiers, collided on a ski trip, injuring Cheong, who sued for negligence. Antablin denied intentionally crashing or skiing recklessly, and Cheong conceded he did not believe Antablin had acted recklessly. The trial court granted summary judgment for Antablin, finding the collision risk inherent to downhill skiing and that Cheong had assumed it by participating; the court of appeals affirmed, and Cheong appealed, arguing the co-participant assumption-of-risk doctrine should not apply to an individual sport like skiing.