Case Name: Ofori O. et al., Appellants, v. Roman Catholic Church of All Saints, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2015-05-14
Citations: 128 A.D.3d 483
Docket Number: 
Parties: Ofori O. et al., Appellants, v Roman Catholic Church of All Saints, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 128
Pages: 483–484

Head Matter:
Ofori O. et al., Appellants, v Roman Catholic Church of All Saints, Respondent.
[7 NYS3d 898]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Manuel J. Mendez, J.), entered June 20, 2014, which granted the motion of defendant Roman Catholic Church of All Saints (the School), dismissing the complaint, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the motion denied.
In this action for personal injuries allegedly sustained by the infant plaintiff when a free-standing basketball hoop in de fendant's gymnasium fell on top of him, dismissal of the complaint was not warranted. The record presents triable issues of fact including whether defendants were negligent in permitting a broken basketball hoop to remain in the gymnasium where classes, such as plaintiffs, were held (see Llauger v Archdiocese of N.Y., 82 AD3d 656 [1st Dept 2011]). Concur— Mazzarelli, J.P., Friedman, Sweeny, Gische and Kapnick, JJ.