Court Favors Plaintiff in Assumption of Risk Case

A New York state court has denied a defendant roller rink’s motion for summary judgment in a case in which the rink was sued for negligence by a patron, who was injured by another skater.   In so ruling, the court found that “there are triable issues of fact. Likewise, here there are triable issues of fact concerning whether the defendants were negligent in their supervision and control of the participants in the public skating session and whether in the exercise of reasonable care, the