Legal Opinion
Morgan v. State
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 2, 1997PublishedCited by 613 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Bellacosa, J.
The common question, with factual and legally nuanced variations among the four cases, centers on the duty of care owed by an owner or operator of an athletic facility to participants who are injured on premises while engaged in voluntary sports activities. Each case is before us by leave to appeal granted to the respective plaintiffs by this Court. We agree with the Appellate Division that the defendants in the Morgan, Beck and Chimerine cases owed the respective plaintiff athletes in those cases no duty of care, because the injured parties there assumed…
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