Van Hove v. Baker Commodities, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Plaintiffs commenced this action seeking to recover damages for injuries sustained by Robert L. Van Hove (plaintiff) when his motorcycle, slid out from underneath him on a highway entrance ramp. Plaintiffs allege that defendants voluntarily assumed and breached a duty to clean up a spill of an unspecified slippery substance.
Supreme Court properly granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint. “Where a person voluntarily assumes the performance of a duty, he is required to perform it carefully, not omitting to do…
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