COLLINS v. CITY OF NEW YORK


251 A.D.2d 443 (1998)

674 N.Y.S.2d 399

James P. Collins et al., Appellants, v. City of New York, Respondent

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

June 15, 1998


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The Supreme Court properly concluded that the injured plaintiff assumed the risks inherent in playing on the outdoor basketball court where he slipped on some berries and fell. The injured plaintiff, an experienced basketball player who had played on the very same basketball court on many prior occasions, was fully aware of the berries which fell from overhanging tree branches. Since the plaintiff voluntarily assumed...

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