021311P.pdf   01/31/2003  Breanne Bennett  v.  Hidden Valley Golf
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  02-1311
   Eastern District of Missouri   
   Civil case - torts. Under Missouri law, a voluntary skier 
   assumes the risks inherent in or incidental to skiing, 
   regardless of her subjective knowledge of those risks; 
   Instructions requiring the jury to find for defendant if 
   it determined that the conditions on the ski slope at the 
   time plaintiff was injured were inherent risks of skiing 
   properly submitted the law; instructions also properly 
   set out the duty of care a proprietor of a place of public 
   amusement owes a customer; brief reference to plaintiff's 
   illegal drug use in opening statement was relevant to 
   her injuries and the court did not err in overruling plaintiff's 
   objection to the remark; videotape of scene was not offered 
   as a reconstruction and plaintiff was not prejudiced by its 
   admission; comment about plaintiff's companions was 
   not outside the bounds of fair comment during opening 
   statements; evidence was sufficient as a matter of law to 
   support jury verdict for defendant.