Legal Opinion
Elizabeth Prunier, as Permanent Guardian of Sean M. McDermott v. City of Watertown
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 17, 1991No. 1413, Docket 91-7026PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINTER, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Elizabeth Prunier, as guardian for Sean McDermott, appeals from a grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendant City of Watertown. The district court ruled that Prunier lacked sufficient evidence to allow a reasonable jury to find that defendant's negligence was the proximate cause of McDermott’s injuries. We reverse and remand.
BACKGROUND
On September 27, 1986, McDermott, a Second Lieutenant in the Army, attended a party with his platoon at Thompson Park, a 355-acre municipal park owned and operated by the City of Watertown. McDermott and his friends spent…
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