Legal Opinion
Bereswill v. National Basketball Ass'n
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 11, 2001PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold Tompkins, J.), entered October 27, 1999, which granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiff, an award-winning photographer who has worked *293for Newsday for more than 25 years, was taking photos from his usual spot near one of the corners of the basketball court at Madison Square Garden during a 1994 final round playoff game between the New York Knickerbockers and the Houston Rockets when he was hit and injured by then New York Knick Charles Oakley as Oakley dove out of bounds…
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