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RIVERA v. JACK LALANNE FITNESS CENTERS, INC.

269 A.D.2d 228 (2000)

702 N.Y.S.2d 302

MICHAEL RIVERA, Respondent, v. JACK LALANNE FITNESS CENTERS, INC., Appellant.

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

Decided February 15, 2000.

There is no merit to defendant's contention that the assumption of the risk doctrine bars plaintiff's claim for personal injuries caused by his tripping on a carpeted indoor running track, which was owned and maintained by defendant health club. The ripples in the carpet that plaintiff alleges caused his fall cannot, on this record, be found to constitute an inherent risk of the sport of indoor track, as opposed to a defective...

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