SIGLER v. BERNSTEIN


288 A.D.2d 113 (2001)

733 N.Y.S.2d 47

RICHARD A. SIGLER, Appellant, v. BARRY M. BERNSTEIN, Respondent, et al., Defendants. (And a Third-Party Action.)

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

Decided November 20, 2001.


Based upon the undisputed fact that plaintiff was talking to defendant while the latter was sitting at the exercise machine, plaintiff should have anticipated defendant's imminent activation of the machine and appreciated the readily observable danger of leaning his hand on the inside of the machine's frame. In these circumstances, defendant had no duty to warn plaintiff that he was about to activate the machine (see, Blecher v Holiday Health & Fitness Ctr.,

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