Legal Opinion
Smyth v. County of Suffolk
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 22, 1991PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Namm, J.), entered October 12, *7421989, which granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The plaintiff John Smyth sustained personal injuries after executing a surface dive into the ocean at Smith Point Beach in Suffolk County and striking his head on the ocean floor. In the instant action against the County of Suffolk, he alleged, inter alia, that the County failed to warn him…
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