Bellingham, WA – A Bellingham jury will reconvene Tuesday to consider a lawsuit filed by a local woman against Mt. Baker Ski Area.nSusan Miller, 66, of Ferndale, is suing the ski area for more than $7.6 million for injuries she claims left her a paraplegic. She was at Mt. Baker on Jan. 22, 2008, reading a book outside the White Salmon Lodge when an accumulation of ice and snow slid from the roof and landed upon her.

Ski area officials contend that the area where Miller was seated was barricaded and posted with signs warning of the danger that read “Danger! Snow sliding off roof,” and “Please stay away from eaves and overhangs. Extreme slide danger.” Miller’s attorney, Michael Wampold, told the jury during closing arguments on Friday that the ski area’s efforts to warn of the danger were insufficient. He said that signs were not explicit enough, and alleged that barricades must have had an opening through which Miller could pass and relocate her chair.

Miller sustained spinal cord injuries that required more than a month of hospitalization and months of rehabilitation. She’s seeking $2.6 million in past and future medical expenses and $5 million in general damages.