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Katie Hawkinson

Paralyzed teenager awarded $12.4 million after falling from Colorado resort chairlift in landmark case

A stock image of a ski lift. A Colorado jury awarded a woman $12.4 million after a fall from a ski lift paralyzed her in 2022 - (Getty Images)

A Colorado jury awarded a woman $12.4 million in damages in a landmark case after she fell from a ski lift at a mountain resort when she was 16.

Annie Miller and her family sued Vail Resorts after she fell 30 feet from the Paradise Express lift at the company’s Crested Butte Mountain Resort in March 2022. The fall shattered one of her vertebrae, paralyzing her and leaving her unable to walk, The Colorado Sun reports

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