Court Finds Fitness Club Did Enough To Protect Member from Injury

A federal judge has granted a fitness club’s motion for summary judgment in a case where the manufacturer and reseller of fitness equipment claimed the fitness club was negligent when a member suffered an injury using the Roman Chair.   In granting summary judgment to Woodcliff Associates LLC, d/b/a The Lodge at Woodcliff, the court found that ProMaxima Manufacturing, Ltd., and M-F Athletic Company, Inc., failed to show that Woodcliff breached a duty of care owed to the member under New Y