RIVAS-CHIRINO v. WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY


64 A.D.3d 556 (2009)

883 N.Y.S.2d 552

MARIA JILMA RIVAS-CHIRINO, Respondent, v. WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY, Appellant.

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

Decided July 7, 2009.


Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint is granted.

The plaintiff allegedly was injured while visiting the baboon exhibit at the Prospect Park Zoo, which was owned and operated by the defendant. The viewing area of that exhibit consisted of concrete bleacher seating, constructed unevenly to simulate a jungle setting, located between two wooden staircases. When the plaintiff...

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