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Assumption of Risk Extends to Condition of Outside Basketball Court

The First Department affirmed the grant of summary judgment to the defendant finding that the plaintiff basketball player assumed the risks associated with playing basketball on defendant’s outdoor court:

Plaintiff, an experienced basketball player who had played on the subject court on numerous occasions, was injured when, while heading toward the rim to take a shot, his ankle twisted and he heard his knee “pop,” causing him to fall to the ground. Plaintiff observed that the court was cracked, repaired and uneven, which he believed to be the cause of his fall. Under the circumstances, dismissal of the complaint was proper since plaintiff assumed the risks associated with playing basketball or warming up to play basketball on this outdoor basketball court… . Felton v City of New York, 2013 NY Slip Op 03423, 1st Dept, 5-14-13

 

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