Rich v. West Shore Little League Baseball, Inc.

—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Leone, J.), entered April 14, 1993, which denied its motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the defendant’s motion is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.

The then-15-year-old plaintiff, William Rich, was injured while playing catcher in a Little League game, when he collided with an opposing player at home plate. The defendant established, as a matter of law, its affirmative…