Legal Opinion
O'Lear v. Boy Scouts of America
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 10, 2006PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for wrongful death, the plaintiffs appeal from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Whelan, J.), dated July 5, 2005, as granted that branch of the motion of the defendants Boy Scouts of America and Suffolk County Council, Boy Scouts of America, which was for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against them.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
The plaintiffs’ 15-year-old son died while on an overnight boy scout camping trip in December 2000. The decedent drowned as *686he…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Zuckerman v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- Alvarez v. Prospect HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- Winegrad v. New York University Medical CenterNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
- Glover Ex Rel. Dyson v. Boy Scouts of AmericaUtah Supreme Court · 1996
- Alessi v. Boy Scouts of America Greater Niagara Frontier Council, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Entler v. KochAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
- Burkhardt v. Boy Scouts of AmericaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015