Tadmor v. New York Jiu Jitsu Inc.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Saliann Scarpulla, J.), entered August 13, 2012, which denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, reversed, on the law, without costs, and the motion is granted. The Clerk is directed to enter judgment accordingly.

The motion court erred when it denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment where plaintiff allegedly suffered an injury to his left knee while sparring with another student in a mixed martial arts class. It is well established that the doctrine of assumption of risk generally applies where the plaintiff is…