Sterner v. Lake George Regional Winter Festival, Inc.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Keniry, J.), entered December 10, 1998 in Saratoga County, which granted defendant Scott Boudreau’s motion to vacate a default judgment in favor of plaintiff.

Plaintiff was injured during the early morning hours of February 17, 1996 while riding an all-terrain vehicle on the ice on Lake George in Warren County. According to plaintiff, the accident occurred when he ran into a rope that had been stretched across the ice as a barrier for a Lake George Winter Festival event. Prior to the commencement of this personal injury action, plaintiffs attorney…