A judge on Thursday ruled against Aspen Skiing Co.’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit alleging the company would not refund a family their downpayment on a wedding event they canceled due to pandemic restrictions that included an indoor vaccination-requirement and a mask mandate. District Court Judge Denise Lynch’s order emphasized she was not drawing any legal conclusions in her decision to deny Skico’s motion-to-dismiss complaint. To cement the wedding date, they gave Skico a downpayment of $58,257, half of the event’s estimated cost, in September 2021. According to the lawsuit’s allegations, the family canceled the June wedding with the understanding their deposit would be credited to their rebooked wedding date. Skico, the suit alleges, set a June 2023 deadline for a future wedding date.
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