Swan v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Swan v. City of New York

272 A.D.2d 394, 707 N.Y.S.2d 480, 2000 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 5082

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York·Decided May 8, 2000·Published·Cited by 3 cases

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—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendants appeal from (1) a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Kramer, J.), entered April 13, 1999, which, upon a jury verdict, is in favor of the plaintiff and against them in the principal sum of $299,000, and (2) a resettled judgment of the same court, entered June 29, 1999, granting the same relief.

Ordered that the appeal from the judgment is dismissed as the judgment was superseded by the resettled judgment; and it is further,

Ordered that the resettled judgment is affirmed; and it is further,

Ordered that the respondent is awarded one bill of costs.

The plaintiff sustained injuries after stepping in a hole while playing basketball on a court located in a New York City park. Because the hole was concealed by growing vegetation, the plaintiff could not have assumed the risk as a matter of law (see, Morgan v State of New York, 90 NY2d 471; Benitez v New York City Bd. of Educ., 73 NY2d 650; Warren v Town of Hempstead, 246 AD2d 536). Furthermore, the jury verdict was not against the weight of the evidence (see, Nicastro v Park, 113 AD2d 129). Santucci, J. P., McGinity, Luciano and Schmidt, JJ., concur.

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—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendants appeal from (1) a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Kramer, J.), entered April 13, 1999, which, upon a jury verdict, is in favor of the plaintiff and against them in the principal sum of $299,000, and (2) a resettled judgment of the same court, entered June 29, 1999, granting the same relief.

Ordered that the appeal from the judgment is dismissed as the judgment was superseded by the resettled judgment; and it is further,

Ordered that the resettled judgment is affirmed; and it is further,

Ordered that the respondent is awarded one bill of costs.

The plaintiff sustained injuries after stepping in a hole while playing basketball on a court located in a New York City park. Because the hole was concealed by growing vegetation, the plaintiff could not have assumed the risk as a matter of law (see, Morgan v State of New York, 90 NY2d 471; Benitez v New York City Bd. of Educ., 73 NY2d 650; Warren v Town of Hempstead, 246 AD2d 536). Furthermore, the jury verdict was not against the weight of the evidence (see, Nicastro v Park, 113 AD2d 129). Santucci, J. P., McGinity, Luciano and Schmidt, JJ., concur.

Swan v. City of New York, 272 A.D.2d 394, 707 N.Y.S.2d 480, 2000 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 5082 (N.Y. Ct. App. 2000).

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