Filed: Jan. 25, 2010
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Summary: FILED United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit January 25, 2010 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALSElisabeth A. Shumaker Clerk of Court TENTH CIRCUIT CHRIS ROBINETTE, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. No. 09-1223 (D. Ct. No. 1:08-CV-00052-MSK-MJW) ASPEN SKIING COMPANY, L.L.C., a (D. Colo.) Colorado limited liability company. Defendant - Appellee. ORDER AND JUDGMENT* Before TACHA, ALARCÓN,** and TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges. Plaintiff-appellant Chris Robinette brought this action against Aspen Skiing Company
Summary: FILED United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit January 25, 2010 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALSElisabeth A. Shumaker Clerk of Court TENTH CIRCUIT CHRIS ROBINETTE, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. No. 09-1223 (D. Ct. No. 1:08-CV-00052-MSK-MJW) ASPEN SKIING COMPANY, L.L.C., a (D. Colo.) Colorado limited liability company. Defendant - Appellee. ORDER AND JUDGMENT* Before TACHA, ALARCÓN,** and TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges. Plaintiff-appellant Chris Robinette brought this action against Aspen Skiing Company,..
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FILED
United States Court of Appeals
Tenth Circuit
January 25, 2010
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALSElisabeth A. Shumaker
Clerk of Court
TENTH CIRCUIT
CHRIS ROBINETTE,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v. No. 09-1223
(D. Ct. No. 1:08-CV-00052-MSK-MJW)
ASPEN SKIING COMPANY, L.L.C., a (D. Colo.)
Colorado limited liability company.
Defendant - Appellee.
ORDER AND JUDGMENT*
Before TACHA, ALARCÓN,** and TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges.
Plaintiff-appellant Chris Robinette brought this action against Aspen Skiing
Company, L.L.C. (“Aspen”) seeking damages for injuries he sustained in a snowboarding
accident involving a snowmobile that was operated by an Aspen employee. The district
court granted Aspen’s motion for summary judgment because Mr. Robinette had entered
into an exculpatory agreement with Aspen and had assumed “all risks of skiing/riding.”
Mr. Robinette now appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment, contending
*
This order and judgment is not binding precedent except under the doctrines of
law of the case, res judicata and collateral estoppel. It may be cited, however, for its
persuasive value consistent with Fed. R. App. P. 32.1 and 10th Cir. R. 32.1.
**
The Honorable Arthur L. Alarcón, Senior Circuit Judge, United States Court of
Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, sitting by designation.
that the exculpatory agreement is unenforceable because: (1) it purports to cover reckless
conduct; (2) it violates public policy; and (3) its terms are unclear and ambiguous.
Mr. Robinette did not raise a claim of recklessness in the district court; therefore,
he cannot do so on appeal absent extraordinary circumstances not present here.
McDonald v. Kinder-Morgan, Inc.,
287 F.3d 992, 999 (10th Cir. 2002). Furthermore, our
review of the record, the parties’ appellate materials, and the relevant legal authority
compels us to agree with the decision reached by the district court on Mr. Robinette’s
remaining claims. Accordingly, for the reasons articulated by the district court in its
order dated April 23, 2009, we AFFIRM.
ENTERED FOR THE COURT,
Deanell Reece Tacha
Circuit Judge
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