Cape Cod Resident Sues Loon Mountain Resort After Tubing Accident

LINCOLN, NH — A Cape Cod resident is suing the owners of Loon Mountain Ski Resort after she said negligence from employees led to "catastrophic injuries" while tubing with her family.

Over the weekend of Feb. 11, 2023, Zoia Tsoleridis, a Centerville resident, and her family were vacationing at the Lincoln, N.H., ski resort.

The group Tsolderidis was with, which included children, tried to purchase passes to the tubing hill. They were told that the adult passes were sold out but that they could purchase passes for the children, which they did, the lawsuit said.

When they arrived at the hill, an employee told them that a party had booked the hill but never showed up. As a result, the employee invited the adults to go tubing since the other group had not shown up, explaining that they could walk up the hill as the lift wasn't running.

This is where the problems began, according to the lawsuit.

According to Tsoleridis and her attorneys, the employee didn't have any adult tubes to give them, so the adults who participated, including Tsoleridis, were given "tot tubes". Employees aren't supposed to give those tubes to adults, the lawsuit alleges.

The lawsuit also alleges that the employee didn't explain that the tube had no brakes, unlike the adult tubes.

Tsoleridis had never been tubing at this location before, leaving her with "no notion of the danger she was being put in."

She walked to the top of the hill, "tot tube" in hand, and began moving down the hill. Without knowledge of how to stop, the lawsuit said Tsoleridis was "unable to reduce her speed at the bottom of the hill."

A berm at the bottom of the hill is supposed to stop riders, but, in the case of Tsoleridis, instead became a launch pad for Tsoleridis, who was sent flying.

"Ms. Tsoleridis suffered catastrophic injuries when she impacted the ground, including a Traumatic Brain Injury, an Aortic Aneurysm, two (2) broken arms, and a broken jaw," the lawsuit said.

"She had to be airlifted to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center where she stayed in the ICU for an extended period. 22. Ms. Tsoleridis’ injuries have required multiple surgeries, and she continues to recover from these injuries."

The lawsuit, filed on Oct. 3 in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts, is seeking a jury trial and financial compensation.