California Court of Appeal January 28, 1992, C010279 (Squaw Valley Ski Corp. v. Superior Court)

Opinion

SCOTLAND, J.

In this writ proceeding, we address two issues of first impression in California: whether a ski resort chair lift facility is a “common carrier” as defined in Civil Code section 2168; and whether Public Utilities Code section 212, subdivision (c), which explicitly excludes ski lift facilities from a separate definition of “common carrier” used for the purpose of Public