Case Name: Tara Gilbert, an Infant, by Lynne Gilbert, Her Parent and Natural Guardian, Respondent, v. Lyndonville Central School District, Appellant, et al., Defendants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2001-09-28
Citations: 286 A.D.2d 896
Docket Number: 
Parties: Tara Gilbert, an Infant, by Lynne Gilbert, Her Parent and Natural Guardian, Respondent, v Lyndonville Central School District, Appellant, et al., Defendants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 286
Pages: 896–896

Head Matter:
Tara Gilbert, an Infant, by Lynne Gilbert, Her Parent and Natural Guardian, Respondent, v Lyndonville Central School District, Appellant, et al., Defendants.
[730 NYS2d 638]

Opinion:
—Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Supreme Court properly denied the motion of defendant Lyndonville Central School District (Lyndonville) seeking summary judgment dismissing the complaint against it. Although Lyndonville established as a matter of law that plaintiff assumed the risks inherent in the game of volleyball by participating on Lyndonville's varsity volleyball team, we conclude that plaintiff raised an issue of fact whether Lyndonville exposed her to "unassumed, concealed or unreasonably increased risks" by directing or allowing her to warm up in a hazardous location (Weller v Colleges of the Senecas, 217 AD2d 280, 283; see, Benitez v New York City Bd. ofEduc., 73 NY2d 650, 658). (Appeal from Order of Supreme Court, Orleans County, Punch, J. — Summary Judgment.) Present — Pine, J. P., Wisner, Hurl-butt, Kehoe and Gorski, JJ.