Chaikin v. Long Island City YMCA

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (O’Donoghue, J.), dated January 12, 2005, which granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The plaintiff was playing the position of catcher without a face mask in a softball game in the defendant’s league when a batter swung at a pitch and hit him in the face with the bat. The plaintiff commenced this action against the defendant asserting that it supervised the game and owed him a duty…