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Garafola v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 23, 1998
247 A.D.2d 581 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)

Summary

finding as a matter of law that football player assumed risks of playing on field "including those risks associated with the construction of the field"

Summary of this case from Homen v. U.S.

Opinion

February 23, 1998

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Price, J.).


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The Supreme Court correctly granted the defendants motion for summary judgment. The plaintiff assumed the risks inherent in playing on the football field where he allegedly sustained his injuries, including those risks associated with the construction of the field and any open and obvious conditions on it ( see, Maddox v. City of New York, 66 N.Y.2d 270, 277; Walner v. City of New York, 243 A.D.2d 629; Reynolds v. Jefferson Val. Racquet Club, 238 A.D.2d 493; Touti v. City of New York, 233 A.D.2d 496; McKey v. City of New York, 234 A.D.2d 114; Russini v. Incorporated Vil. of Mineola, 184 A.D.2d 561).

Rosenblatt, J. P., Sullivan, Joy, Altman and Luciano, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Garafola v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 23, 1998
247 A.D.2d 581 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)

finding as a matter of law that football player assumed risks of playing on field "including those risks associated with the construction of the field"

Summary of this case from Homen v. U.S.
Case details for

Garafola v. City of New York

Case Details

Full title:NICHOLAS GARAFOLA, Appellant, v. CITY OF NEW YORK et al., Respondents

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Feb 23, 1998

Citations

247 A.D.2d 581 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
668 N.Y.S.2d 503

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