Case Name: Gary Thomas et al., Appellants, v. Elmont Union Free School District, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1999-11-15
Citations: 266 A.D.2d 386
Docket Number: 
Parties: Gary Thomas et al., Appellants, v Elmont Union Free School District, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 266
Pages: 386–387

Head Matter:
Gary Thomas et al., Appellants, v Elmont Union Free School District, Respondent.
[697 NYS2d 526]

Opinion:
—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Levitt, J.), entered July 9, 1998, which granted the defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The infant plaintiff's own testimony was sufficient to establish the defendant's prima facie case that it did not violate any duty of supervision it owed to him (see generally, Mirand v City of New York, 84 NY2d 44, 49; Gattyan v Scarsdale Union Free School Dist. No. 1, 152 AD2d 650). The burden therefore shifted to the plaintiffs to show the existence of a triable factual issue on this matter. Since they failed to do so, the Supreme Court properly granted summary judgment to the defendant (see generally, Alvarez v Prospect Hosp., 68 NY2d 320).
The plaintiffs' remaining contentions are without merit. Altman, J. P., Florio, H. Miller and Schmidt, JJ., concur.