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Tiedemann v. Notre Dame Academy

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 20, 1996
227 A.D.2d 545 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)

Opinion

May 20, 1996

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Leone, J.).


Ordered that the order and judgment is affirmed, with costs.

The record demonstrates that the plaintiff, an experienced softball player, assumed the risk of the injury which she sustained upon voluntarily participating in a league game ( see, Reilly v. Long Is. Jr. Soccer League, 216 A.D.2d 281; Greenberg v North Shore Cent. School Dist. No. 1, 209 A.D.2d 669; cf., Brown v. City of Peekskill, 212 A.D.2d 658; Weithofer v. Unique Racquetball Health Clubs, 211 A.D.2d 783; Cassese v. Ramapo Ice Rinks, 208 A.D.2d 488; see also, Benitez v. New York City Bd. of Educ., 73 N.Y.2d 650). Ritter, J.P., Thompson, Hart and McGinity, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Tiedemann v. Notre Dame Academy

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 20, 1996
227 A.D.2d 545 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)
Case details for

Tiedemann v. Notre Dame Academy

Case Details

Full title:TRICIA A. TIEDEMANN, Appellant, v. NOTRE DAME ACADEMY et al., Defendants…

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

Date published: May 20, 1996

Citations

227 A.D.2d 545 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)
643 N.Y.S.2d 381

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