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Geffen v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Apr 13, 2000
271 A.D.2d 487 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)

Opinion

Submitted March 1, 2000.

April 13, 2000.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Hutcherson, J.), dated May 12, 1999, which granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Worby Borowick Groner, LLP, White Plains, N.Y. (Alicia K. Sandberg of counsel), for appellant.

Purcell Ingrao, P.C., Mineola, N.Y. (Anthony Marion of counsel), for respondents.

DAVID S. RITTER, J.P., THOMAS R. SULLIVAN, SONDRA MILLER, DANIEL F. LUCIANO, HOWARD MILLER, JJ.


DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The plaintiff fell and was injured while skating at an ice skating rink owned and operated by the defendants. She claims that they negligently rented her skates which were not her correct size. However, the plaintiff's own testimony reveals that she knew that the skates were loose and ill-fitting, but that knowledge did not deter her from continuing to skate. Under these circumstances, the doctrine of assumption of the risk warrants the granting of judgment in favor of the defendants (see, e.g., Turcotte v. Fell, 68 N.Y.2d 432 ; Lo Piccolo v. Town of Oyster Bay, 260 A.D.2d 606; Fox v. Town of Oyster Bay, 251 A.D.2d 621 ; Giaimo v. Roller Derby Skate Corp., 234 A.D.2d 340 ).


Summaries of

Geffen v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Apr 13, 2000
271 A.D.2d 487 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
Case details for

Geffen v. City of New York

Case Details

Full title:SHARON GEFFEN, appellant, v. CITY OF NEW YORK, et al., respondents

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

Date published: Apr 13, 2000

Citations

271 A.D.2d 487 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
705 N.Y.S.2d 683

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