Pitkewicz v. Kane

Order, Supreme Court, Suffolk County (James A. Gowen, J.), entered January 31, 1995, which denied defendant-appellant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint pursuant to CPLR 3212, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the complaint dismissed.

The infant plaintiff, while participating in a boy scout ski trip, sustained multiple injuries while skiing on an intermediate slope at Belleayre Mountain Ski Center. It is not disputed that the defendant-appellant was responsible for the general organization of the ski trip. He distributed and collected the necessary…