HOFFMAN v. CITY OF NEW YORK


172 A.D.2d 716 (1991)

Michael Hoffman et al., Respondents, v. City of New York, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

April 22, 1991


Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the complaint is dismissed.

In general, a person who is injured while voluntarily participating in a sporting event has no legal recourse if his injuries were caused by an occurrence or condition which was a "`known, apparent or reasonably foreseeable consequenc[e] of the participation'" (Benitez v New York City Bd. of Educ., 73 N...

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