This case involves injury to an infant at a summer camp, sustained as the result of a jump from a height during his negotiation of an obstacle course while under the supervision of a counselor employed by defendant-respondent. Whether this was a dangerous activity imposed on an untrained youngster by order of the counselor, and whether the child was contributorially negligent in closing his eyes before jumping were issues to be decided by the jury. A
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MANDEL v. BRITH TRUMPELDOR OF AM., INC.
41 A.D.2d 819 (1973)
Howard M. Mandel, an Infant, by His Father and Natural Guardian, Irving Mandel, et al., Appellants, v. Brith Trumpeldor of America, Inc., Doing Business as Camp Betar, Respondent
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April 12, 1973
April 12, 1973
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.
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