Legal Opinion · Dissent

Mata v. Huntington Union Free School District

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 16, 2008Published

1DissentBelen, J.

(dissenting and voting to reverse the judgment, grant the plaintiffs motion pursuant to CFLR 4404 (a) to set aside the jury verdict as against the weight of the evidence and as inconsistent, and remit the matter to the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, for a new trial, with the following memorandum): I respectfully dissent. The facts of this case are not in dispute. The five-year-old kindergartener plaintiff was injured when she fell off monkey bars during a recess .after lunch in the yard of the elementary school she attended.

*741Kindergarteners were not permitted by the school to play on the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Morgan v. StateNew York Court of Appeals · 1997
  2. Swan v. Town of BrookhavenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
  3. Botti v. Seaford Harbor Elementary School District 6Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
  4. Auwarter v. Malverne Union Free School DistrictAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
  5. Rivera v. Board of Education of YonkersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005

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