Oregon high court says injured snowboarder's lawsuit against Mount Bachelor resort can proceed

The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled that a ski resort's liability waiver cannot prevent a paralyzed snowboarder from suing.

The justices ruled Thursday that it's not in the public interest to allow the Mount Bachelor resort's liability waiver to stand.

The ruling sends the case back to the Deschutes County trial court.

To win, the snowboarder will have to convince a jury that the ski resort was negligent in designing, building and maintaining the ski jump.

Myles Bagley was 18 when he was injured at Mount Bachelor in 2006. He filed a lawsuit two years later seeking $21.5 million. The trial court threw out his claim, and the appeal wound up in the Supreme Court.

A ski resort lawyer says he's confident the resort will win at trial.