Beglin v. Hartwick College

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Coccoma, J.), entered June 12, 2008 in Otsego County, which denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Plaintiff, while a student at defendant, was injured when he was attempting to ascertain why the metal weight plates of a weight machine being used by his friend at the school’s fitness center became “jammed.” Approximately 140 pounds of such weight plates suddenly dislodged and fell on his hand, which he had rested on the weight machine. Plaintiff commenced this action seeking recovery for his injuries. Following…