Snow Tubing Ride is Regulated ‘Amusement Device’ 
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Published: January 19, 2011
Tags: Justice Elizabeth B. Lacy, Negligence, Supreme Court of Virginia
A snow tubing ride operated by Great Eastern at the Massanutten Resort is an “amusement device” under the Virginia Amusement Device Regulations, and the Supreme Court of Virginia reverses the contrary trial court decision and remands a personal injury suit filed by a plaintiff who was injured on the ride.
The circuit court concluded the snow ...
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