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Morrissey v. Simmons

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 23, 1987
128 A.D.2d 759 (N.Y. App. Div. 1987)

Opinion

March 23, 1987

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Dutchess County (Marasco, J.).


Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

A review of the record indicates that there are triable issues of fact relating to the infant defendant's striking the infant plaintiff, Kathleen Morrissey, in the eye with a snowball (see, Sillman v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., 3 N.Y.2d 395; Thorne v. Burr, 41 A.D.2d 662), including the reasonableness of the infant plaintiff's actions under the circumstances of the case (see, Andre v. Pomeroy, 35 N.Y.2d 361; Prosser and Keeton, Torts § 32, at 179 [5th ed]). Therefore, we find that Special Term properly denied the defendant's cross motion for summary judgment. Mollen, P.J., Thompson, Rubin and Kunzeman, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Morrissey v. Simmons

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 23, 1987
128 A.D.2d 759 (N.Y. App. Div. 1987)
Case details for

Morrissey v. Simmons

Case Details

Full title:KATHLEEN G. MORRISSEY, an Infant, by Her Father and Natural Guardian, JOHN…

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

Date published: Mar 23, 1987

Citations

128 A.D.2d 759 (N.Y. App. Div. 1987)