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Brown v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jan 20, 1998
246 A.D.2d 568 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)

Opinion

January 20, 1998

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Hutcherson, J.).


Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

The plaintiffs were injured when they dove off the Steeplechase Pier on Coney Island into the ocean. They allege that the defendants City of New York and New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (hereinafter the City) are liable for their injuries because they failed to take reasonable steps to warn the public that the water around the pier was not deep enough for diving.

The City moved for summary judgment on the ground that, inter alia, any alleged negligence on its part was not a proximate cause of the accident. The plaintiffs cross-moved for summary judgment on the issue of liability. The Supreme Court denied both motions. We affirm.

The City did not establish that the plaintiffs actually knew the depth of the water into which they dove, nor did it produce evidence sufficient to justify a conclusion that, as a matter of law, a reasonable person in the plaintiffs' position should have known the depth of the water at that location. The plaintiffs failed to establish as a matter of law that any negligence on the part of the City was a proximate cause of their accident. Under these circumstances, summary judgment is not warranted ( see, Amatulli v. Delhi Constr. Corp., 77 N.Y.2d 525; Ziecker v. Town of Orchard Park, 75 N.Y.2d 761; Denkensohn v. Davenport, 75 N.Y.2d 25; Johnson v. Cherry Grove Is. Mgt., 175 A.D.2d 827).

Thompson, J.P., Joy, Florio and Luciano, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Brown v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jan 20, 1998
246 A.D.2d 568 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
Case details for

Brown v. City of New York

Case Details

Full title:VIRGIL L. BROWN, JR., et al., Respondents-Appellants, v. CITY OF NEW YORK…

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

Date published: Jan 20, 1998

Citations

246 A.D.2d 568 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
667 N.Y.S.2d 286

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