Legal Opinion
Fader v. Town of Oyster Bay
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 22, 2014PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*726Those charged with supervising a skating rink cannot be held liable for an injury if the act precipitating the injury was so sudden that no amount of supervision could have averted the accident (see Winkler v County of Nassau, 56 AD3d 550, 550-551 [2008]; Gaspard v Board of Educ. of City of N.Y., 47 AD3d 758, 759 [2008]; Tassielli v United Skates of Am., Inc., 33 AD3d 908 [2006]; Shamelashvili v City of New York, 262 AD2d 631 [1999]; Shorten v City of White Plains, 224 AD2d 515 [1996]; Blashka v South Shore Skating, 193 AD2d 772, 773 [1993]). Thus, where reckless behavior that is over and…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Alvarez v. Prospect HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- Nunez v. Recreation Rooms & Settlement, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- Shorten v. City of White PlainsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- Zambrana v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 2000
- Blashka v. South Shore Skating, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Andriienko v. Compass Group USA, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2019
- Laurent v. Town of Oyster BayAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2018