JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) -- Vail Resorts Inc. wants a judge to clear it from a lawsuit filed over a fatal 2006 rafting trip at one of its resorts.
The company has asked 9th District Court Judge Nancy Guthrie to consider it a "hands-off" parent company of the Grand Teton Lodge Co. and dismiss it from the suit.
A New Jersey couple on the rafting trip has sued Vail Resorts, the lodge company and a rafting tour company for the 2006 Snake River rafting trip that turned fatal when the raft hit a log and capsized. Three people drowned, including the brother and sister-in-law of the New Jersey man, Robert Rizas.
Guthrie said Friday she would need time to review the case before deciding whether to exclude Vail Resorts.
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