Streichler v. Plainview/Old Bethpage Central School District

*1083“[T]he proprietor of a ball park need only provide screening for the area of the field behind home plate where the danger of being struck by a ball is the greatest” and, as long as such screening is “of sufficient extent to provide adequate protection for as many spectators as may reasonably be expected to desire such seating in the course of an ordinary game,” the proprietor “fulfills the duty of care imposed by law and, therefore, cannot be liable in negligence” (Akins v Glens Falls City School Dist., 53 NY2d 325, 331 [1981]; see Haymon v Pettit, 9 NY3d 324, 328-330 [2007]; Rosenfeld v…