PARIS – A Biddeford woman filed suit last week against the former owner of an Oxford snow tubing park, seeking damages from injuries she allegedly received in a 2003 accident.
According to the lawsuit, Raelyn J. Skillings vs. Sports Parks of Maine Inc., of Norway, Skillings was riding a snow tube down one of the slopes at Mountain View Sports Park on Route 26 in Oxford on March 16, 2003, when she reportedly collided with another person on the slope.
Filed Feb. 14 in Oxford County Superior Court, the document states that Skillings sustained severe injuries but fails to give details of the injuries.
Damages reportedly incurred by Skillings include pain and suffering, both physical and emotional, past and future medical expenses, loss of earnings and future earning capacity, permanent impairment, and loss of enjoyment of life, according to the document.
The document states that her injuries and damages were caused by the negligence of the defendant.
Negligent acts alleged by Skillings’ lawyer, William D. Robitzek of Lewiston, include:
• Failure to properly regulate the flow of persons down the hill.
• Failure to require helmets to be worn while snow tubing.
• Allowing customers to ride on their stomachs.
Mountain View Sports Park no longer exists. It underwent an ownership change and is now called Oxford Plains Snow Tubing.
Sports Parks of Maine owned and operated the park at the time of the incident, according to the court document.
Neither Robitzek nor the defendant’s lawyer, C. Alan Beagle of Portland, could be reached for comment Thursday.
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