Legal Opinion
Megna v. Newsday, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 22, 1997PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Doyle, J.), dated October 16, 1996, which granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The defendant merely sponsored the race in which the injured plaintiff participated. The defendant was not in any way involved in the design, layout, maintenance, or control of the race course, and was not in a position to assume such control. Accordingly, the defendant owed no duty…
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