Maine Revised Statutes
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 14, § 752-B (2026)
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All civil actions for property damage, bodily injury or death against a ski area owner or operator or tramway owner or operator or its employees, as defined under Title 32, chapter 133, whether based on tort or breach of contract or otherwise, arising out of participation in skiing or hang gliding or the use of a tramway associated with skiing or hang gliding must be commenced within 2 years after the cause of action accrues.
[PL 1995, c. 560, Pt. H, §5 (AMD); PL 1995, c. 560, Pt. H, §17 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1977, c. 608, §1 (NEW). PL 1979, c. 514, §2 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 560, §H5 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 560, §H17 (AFF).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1985–2020 · leading case: Sanchez v. Sunday River Skiway Corp., 802 F. Supp. 539 (D. Me. 1992).
Sanchez v. Sunday River Skiway Corp., 802 F. Supp. 539 (D. Me. 1992). “See 14 M.R.S.A. § 752-B (1980). Plaintiffs’ claims for emotional distress, loss of companionship, and breach of contract arise out of, and are derivative of, the bodily injury allegedly sustained by Luis Jr.”
Small v. Inhabitants of City of Belfast, 617 F. Supp. 1567 (D. Me. 1985). “or its employees” must be commenced within two years, Me.Rev.Stat.Ann. tit. 14, § 752-B. 4 . The two-year limitations period for assault, battery, false imprisonment, slander and libel was first embodied in Rev.”
Wyman v. United States Surgical Corp., 456 F. Supp. 3d 224 (D. Me. 2020). “§ 752-A (design professionals: four years from the date of discovery but no more than ten years after contract or services completion); 14 M.R.S. § 752-B (ski areas: two years after the cause of action accrues); 14 M.”
Sleeper v. Lilley, No. CUMcv-11-06 (Me. Super. Ct May 10, 2011). “In addition, 14 M.R.S. § 752-B provides that in actions alleging professional negligence against an attorney, the statute of limitations starts to run from the date of the act or omission giving rise to the injury, not from the discovery of the malpractice.”
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