Legal Opinion
Mata v. Huntington Union Free School District
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 16, 2008PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On June 21, 2002 the five-year-old infant plaintiff was a kindergartner at Southdown Elementary School in the defendant school district. She was injured when she fell from the third rung of a “Serpentine Trek” set of monkey bars. The accident occurred after lunch, during recess. The infant plaintiff, by her father, and her father, individually, commenced this action against the school district. The case ultimately was tried to a jury.
Evidence at trial established that the monkey bar apparatus was a component of a play system that also included a slide. Kindergartners were allowed to use the…
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