Ponessi ex rel. Ponessi v. American Gold Star Mothers

OPINION

GOETTEL, District Judge.

This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff Kristin Ponessi when she was struck by a dart at the Picnic in the Park Fair held in the Village of Wappingers Falls, New York. The dart game at which the plaintiff was injured was sponsored by the Pough-keepsie chapter of the American Gold Star Mothers.1 The American Gold Star Mothers is a national, not-for-profit organization created by Act of Congress, 36 U.S.C. §§ 2401-2415 (1982), and is composed of mothers whose children have been killed in the service of the United…