Case Name: Daniel Devente, Appellant, v. Harbor Fields Union Free School District, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2000-10-02
Citations: 276 A.D.2d 464
Docket Number: 
Parties: Daniel Devente, Appellant, v Harbor Fields Union Free School District, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 276
Pages: 464–465

Head Matter:
Daniel Devente, Appellant, v Harbor Fields Union Free School District, Respondent.
[713 NYS2d 699]

Opinion:
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Doyle, J.), dated October 21, 1999, which granted the defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The plaintiff, a senior at the defendant's high school, was injured while voluntarily participating in an extracurricular wrestling practice. We agree with the Supreme Court that the plaintiff voluntarily assumed the risk of his injuries (see generally, Morgan v State of New York, 90 NY2d 471; Benitez v New York City Bd. of Educ., 73 NY2d 650). Ritter, J. P., Thompson, Friedmann, H. Miller and Feuerstein, JJ., concur.