A judge on New York’s highest court took umbrage Tuesday with the court’s view that property owners are immune from liability in sports-related personal injury cases under a doctrine that says people should expect some risk of injury when they play sports.
The Court of Appeals found New York City is immune from being held liable for injuries that someone sustained while playing cricket on a city-owned tennis court, even though there was a large crack in the asphalt. The 6-1 court’s two-paragraph opinion cited the primary assumption of risk doctrine that says a person who engages in a sport ...
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