Laboy v. Wallkill Central School District
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtCasey, J.
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Torraca, J.), entered February 26, 1993 in Ulster County, which denied defendants’ motions for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
At issue on this appeal is whether a pole vaulter on a high school track team assumes the risk of injury as a matter of law when he attempts a vault at his first interscholastic competition and lands feet first on a seam in the landing mats, forcing them apart, which allows his knee to strike the pavement. Supreme Court denied defendants’ motions for summary judgment. We affirm.
Plaintiffs son, Raymond Laboy, a…
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