New York State Trial Court Sides with Professional Baseball Team in Negligence Case

The Supreme Court, Suffolk County, has granted summary judgment to the Long Island Ducks Professional Baseball Club, LLC, which was sued by a patron, who suffered an injury when she tripped and fell on a turnstile located at an entrance to the stadium.   In so ruling, the court noted the overwhelming evidence in support of the defendant’s motion in comparison to a paucity of evidence for the plaintiff.   On the day of the accident, June 30, 2009, 81-year-old plaintiff Edna Mawhinney