Napolitano v. Madison Square Garden Center, Inc.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Order entered February 11, 2002 affirmed, with $10 costs.

*660Plaintiff allegedly was injured while attending a New York Rangers hockey game during an altercation with another spectator. Summary judgment dismissing plaintiffs common-law negligence cause of action against defendant Madison Square Garden Center was properly granted, since the record evidence, including the parties’ deposition testimony, shows only that the altercation at issue was a spontaneous and unexpected event (see, Elba v Billie’s 1890 Saloon, 227 AD2d 438 [1996]; Scotti v W.M. Amusements, 226 AD2d 522…