Court Concludes It’s Too Early To Render Judgment in Assumption of Risk Case
A state court judge in New York has denied the pre-trial motions of both a plaintiff and his defendants in an assumption of risk case, finding that too many questions remain about the veracity of the plaintiff’s claim.
The impetus for the litigation was an accident that occurred on May 30, 2002, when then-infant plaintiff, Mohammad S. Islam, was bumped to the ground at a roller skating rink operated by one of the defendants, Empire Roller Skating Center. The plaintiff was at the rink as