Order affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The infant plaintiff was injured when the defendant parent turned on a hot water faucet in a tub to prepare a bath and then left the room. The child, left unsupervised, wandered into the bathroom and fell into or otherwise entered the tub, suffering severe burns. The complaint was properly dismissed. The proximate cause of the injury was the negligent supervision of the infant (Nolechek v Gesuale,
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