Court: Fitness Club Member Assumed the Risk of Injury

A New York state trial court has granted the summary judgment motion of a fitness club company, dismissing the claim of a member, who sued the club after she was injured while working out with a personal trainer. The judge found specifically that the doctrine of assumption of risk applied.   The incident occurred on November 24, 2008, at the New York Sports Club in Manhattan. Plaintiff Gayle Levy was working out with a personal trainer, Franklin Lee, who instructed her to begin an exercise