Lawsuit: Vail ski lift negligence to blame for OK teen’s fall, broken back

BROOMFIELD — An Oklahoma father, on behalf of his 16-year-old daughter, has filed a lawsuit against Vail Resorts Inc. (NYSE: MTN) that accuses the Broomfield-based operator of Crested Butte Mountain Resort of negligence in an event that allegedly left the teen hospitalized for weeks with back and spine injuries after a 30-foot tumble from a ski lift. 

Mike Miller and his daughter, referred to in court documents primarily using the nickname Annie, traveled to the Western Slope in March for a church ski trip, said the complaint filed this month in Broomfield County District Court. On the second day of skiing…