Man sues Tahoe ski resort more than year after avalanche injures him, kills friend Lawsuit alleges avalanche reduction efforts were done improperly Share Updated: 10:43 PM PST Feb 15, 2021 Jonathan Ayestas Lawsuit alleges avalanche reduction efforts were done improperly Share Updated: 10:43 PM PST Feb 15, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript FOR TOMORROW IN A FEW MINUTES. LISA: IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN A YEAR SINCE A MAN WAS KILLED AND ANOTHER INJURED IN AN AVALANCHE. BRIAN: THE SURVIVOR IS NOW SUING THE RESORT AND GULSTAN DART HAS MORE. GULSTAN: COLE AND HIS FRIEND HIT THE SLOPES A DAY AFTER A SNOWSTORM IN THE AREA. BLOOM BLAMES OUT PINES RESORT FOR THE DEATH OF HIS FRIEND IN WHAT HE BELIEVES WAS A RUSHED EFFORT TO OPEN THE SKI RUNS. HE CONTENDS THAT THE RESORT SHOULD NOT HAVE OPENED THE SKI RUN THAT DAY. IT WAS OPENED AROUND 10:00. WE HAVE VIDEO FROM THAT DAY. IT TOOK SEARCH AND RESCUE CREWS ABOUT 45 MINUTES TO FIND COMSTOCK AND ROUGHLY AN HOUR LATER TO FIND BLOOM. A YEAR AFTER THE AVALANCHE, BLOOM ALLEGES THAT HE STILL HAS SEVERE AND ONGOING BODILY INJURIES SUFFERED FROM THE JANUARY 17, 2020 AVALANCHE. A LAWSUIT ALLEGES THAT THE RESORT WAS NEGLIGENT IN OPENING THE SKI RUN. SQUAW VALLEY, ALPINE MEADOWS HAVE SAID THEY CANNOT COMMENT ON ANY ONGOING LITIGATION BUT THEY DID SAY THAT JANUARY 17 WAS A DEVASTATING DAY FOR OUR TEAM AND WE CONTINUE TO SHARE OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHIES WITH THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THE DECEASED. THE LAWSUIT IS ASKING THE RESORT TO PAY FOR DAMAGES.