MEGNA v. NEWSDAY, INC.


245 A.D.2d 494 (1997)

666 N.Y.S.2d 718

Philip W. Megna et al., Appellants, v. Newsday, Inc., Respondent

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

December 22, 1997


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The defendant merely sponsored the race in which the injured plaintiff participated. The defendant was not in any way involved in the design, layout, maintenance, or control of the race course, and was not in a position to assume such control. Accordingly, the defendant owed no duty of care to the plaintiffs (see, Mongello v Davos Ski Resort, 224 A.D.2d 502; Johnson...

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