Case Name: Leions M. George, Respondent, v. James K. Call, Jr., Defendant, and Clarkstown Central School District, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2002-09-23
Citations: 297 A.D.2d 703
Docket Number: 
Parties: Leions M. George, Respondent, v James K. Call, Jr., Defendant, and Clarkstown Central School District, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 297
Pages: 703–703

Head Matter:
Leions M. George, Respondent, v James K. Call, Jr., Defendant, and Clarkstown Central School District, Appellant.
[747 NYS2d 391]

Opinion:
A party moving for summary judgment must establish as a matter of law that there are no triable issues of fact (see Zuckerman v City of New York, 49 NY2d 557, 562) before the burden shifts to the opposing party (see Winegrad v New York Univ. Med. Ctr., 64 NY2d 851).
In this case, the defendant Clarkstown Central School District (hereinafter the School District) did not sustain its burden on its motion for summary judgment. A question of fact was presented as to whether the School District was negligent in failing to properly supervise the students in question.
Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly denied the School District's motion for summary judgment. Altman, J.P., Goldstein, H. Miller and Rivera, JJ., concur.