Civil Litigation,
California Supreme Court
Sep. 26, 2018
State high court should say what ‘gross negligence’ means
A case involving a gruesome injury on Mammoth Mountain gives the state high court a chance to clear up the issue.
Carla V. Minnard
Partner
The Minnard Law Firm
Email: carlaminnard@minnardlaw.com
Golden Gate Univ SOL; San Francisco CA
Carla has been named a "Super Lawyer" for the past five years, nominated as Trial Lawyer of the Year, and has had her cases profiled in local, national, and international media. Her verdicts have been featured in numerous publications and on television, including in "Million Dollar Verdicts," Vanity Fair, and on Dateline. She is not involved in the Willhide-Michiulis case.
Think of this case the next time you are whizzing down the slopes at the annual Don Galine Tahoe seminar or the DRI fall conference (having opted for fresh powder instead of that rousing 8 a.m. panel on Medi-Cal liens).
Back in 2011, Kathy Willhide-Michiulis of Saugus, California, was snowboarding at Mammoth Mountain Ski Area. A nearby snowcat in the center of the trail, with its snow-grooming tiller whirling, took a sharp left turn...
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