Vail | Resort prevails in appeal of Conlin case

The Colorado Court of appeals announced that a panel has dismissed a wrongful-death and negligence lawsuit brought against Vail Resorts regarding the death of 13year-old Taft Conlin.

Conlin was skiing in a closed section of terrain on Vail Mountain on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, when he was caught and killed in an avalanche.

His parents, Dr. Louise Ingalls and Dr. Steve Conlin, filed their suit in 2012, alleging because their son entered the closed area from an open area and hiked into the closed terrain, the ski company was negligent in their failure to notify the public that by closing the upper gate, it also intended to close that part of the run between the two gates. In 2018, a jury ruled in favor of Vail Mountain.