Magic Mountain on thin ice...again

[Admin]

http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20 ... 003/NEWS02

 

[Geoff]

I figure the absolute best thing that could happen is for Magic to go in a tax sale. It needs an owner with deep enough pockets to float the place. The problem with a tax sale is that the previous owners can pay the taxes and re-aquire the property at any point in the next year. During that period, Magic will be closed.

 

[Bushwacker1951]

Taxes were paid in full last Friday.

 

[jamesdeluxe]

Update:
http://forums.alpinezone.com/62798-magi ... idays.html

Staying closed Tues - Thurs (unless there are six inches of fresh or more, similar to Plattekill) seems like an obvious move, and the three for $120 transferable card is a good idea. Not sure if they're just postponing the inevitable (and for reasons cited elsewhere, I don't think the co-op format will work there), but I've had some great days at Magic, and will buy a card.

 

[Geoff]

The ice looks even thinner now:

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/localne ... source=rss

BRIDGEPORT -- A Fairfield law firm has agreed to pay more than $1 million to former clients who were ripped off by a member of the firm who left his law practice two years ago to take over a Vermont ski resort.

In a settlement reached before Superior Court Judge Richard Arnold, the firm of Kevin Maher and Scott Williams agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle two lawsuits involving former associate James Sullivan.

"This litigation goes back 12 years," said plaintiffs' lawyer, Douglas Mahoney of Tremont and Sheldon. "My clients were truly victimized by attorney Sullivan and they are glad the matter is finally over." Williams declined to comment on the settlement.

Sullivan, who left the area in 2007 to run Magic Mountain in Londonderry, Vt., could not be reached for comment. He was not in court for the settlement.

 

[EMSC]

Never have figured out why the ski industry seems to have an outsized portion of shady characters attracted to it as managers and owners. Obviously some great ones thrown in too, but why so many true idiots in the ski biz?

 

[ts01]

This got some attention on epicski and alpinezone, and at the risk of repetition I'll repeat some of what I posted on epic:

Anyone who truly is concerned with this ought to just call Jim Sullivan at Magic and see what he can say (which probably is limited by confidentiality provisions that are typical in settlements of this sort).

I was able to find some public information on the malpractice insurance dispute (between the law firm and its malpractice carrier) and it looks to me like the insurance company decided to pony up after the court in the coverage case allowed pleadings which expose it to bad faith liability for failing to meet obligations to defend the law firm and for ignoring a court order.

So it may be a lot less awful and a lot more complicated than a one-sided story in the local paper suggests. No one has admitted any liability. Plaintiffs got some money for hitting up a firm which has every incentive to blame it on the guy who left. Plaintiffs counsel did a little grandstanding to a lazy local reporter who put out just one side of the story; and the other side probably can't be argued due to the settlement, or for insurance reasons.

Lawyers - like doctors, architects, accountants, ski resort operators, and everyone else -- face liability claims that may or may not have merit and that often get settled for reasons that do not reflect moral worth or "financial credentials." One of the big differences though is lawyers attract litigious customers - duh - who often continue litigating if things don't go perfectly in a process which is adversarial and not likely to satisfy everyone in the first place.

 

[TRam]

Was this place once called sucide six? Or am I way off.

 

[Admin]

Was this place once called sucide six? Or am I way off.

You're way off. Suicide Six is alive and well some miles north of there outside Woodstock, VT. Magic is in Londonderry.