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Henry v. Roosevelt School District

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 30, 2006
29 A.D.3d 954 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)

Opinion

2006-01806.

May 30, 2006.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Palmieri, J.), dated February 10, 2006, which denied its motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Congdon, Flaherty, O'Callaghan, Reid, Donlon, Travis Fishlinger, Uniondale, N.Y. (Christine Gasser of counsel), for appellant.

Kenneth M. Mollins, P.C., Melville, N.Y. (Seth Berman of counsel), for respondents.

Before: Mastro, J.P., Rivera, Skelos and Covello, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.

The plaintiff Bryan Henry (hereinafter the plaintiff), an eighth-grade student, allegedly sustained personal injuries when he slipped and fell while playing touch football on a wet grass field during a physical education class. The plaintiff and his mother commenced the instant action alleging, inter alia, that the defendant was negligent in the maintenance of the subject field. The defendant moved for summary judgment dismissing the complaint. The Supreme Court denied the defendant's motion. We reverse.

In support of its motion for summary judgment, the defendant made a prima facie showing of entitlement to judgment as a matter of law ( see Fintzi v. New Jersey YMHA-YWHA Camps, 97 NY2d 669, 670; Sauer v. Hebrew Inst. of Long Is., 17 AD2d 245, 246, affd without op 13 NY2d 913). In opposition thereto, the plaintiffs failed to raise a triable issue of fact ( see generally Alvarez v. Prospect Hosp., 68 NY2d 320, 324).

In light of the foregoing, we need not reach the defendant's remaining contentions.


Summaries of

Henry v. Roosevelt School District

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 30, 2006
29 A.D.3d 954 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)
Case details for

Henry v. Roosevelt School District

Case Details

Full title:BRYAN HENRY et al., Respondents, v. ROOSEVELT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Appellant

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

Date published: May 30, 2006

Citations

29 A.D.3d 954 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)
2006 N.Y. Slip Op. 4249
815 N.Y.S.2d 472

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