Legal Opinion

Arceri v. Smithtown Central School District

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

Decided March 29, 2011Published

1Opinion of the Court

The Supreme Court properly denied the defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint. The defendant failed to establish, prima facie, that the infant plaintiff was engaged in age-appropriate activity at the time of the accident (cf. Troiani v White Plains City School Dist., 64 AD3d 701 [2009]; Newman v Oceanside Union Free School Dist., 23 AD3d 631 [2005]), that he was adequately supervised (see Ferrill v Board of Educ. of Cent. School Dist. No. 1, 6 AD2d 690 [1958]), and that it maintained the playground in a reasonably safe condition (see generally Miller v Kings Park…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Winegrad v. New York University Medical CenterNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
  2. Troiani v. White Plains City School DistrictAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
  3. Miller v. Kings Park Central School DistrictAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
  4. Botti v. Seaford Harbor Elementary School District 6Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
  5. Newman v. Oceanside Union Free School DistrictAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005

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