Robinson v. New York City Housing Authority

—Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (George Friedman, J.), entered March 29, 1999, which granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

No issue of fact exists as to whether plaintiff appreciated the risks inherent in playing tackle football on the field where he sustained his injuries, including those associated with any open and obvious conditions on the field (see, Flores v City of New York, 266 AD2d 148). Plaintiff, who was struck in the eye by a low lying branch of a tree on the field when he jumped on the back of an opposing…