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AFTER SKIING ALL DAY AND RETURNING THE EQUIPMENT, CLAIMANT SLIPPED AND FELL ON ICE AND SNOW IN A PARKING LOT; THE ASSUMPTION OF THE RISK DOCTRINE DOES NOT APPLY; THE COURT NOTED THAT INADMISSIBLE HEARSAY, HERE AN INCIDENT REPORT, MAY BE CONSIDERED ON A SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTION IF IT DUPLICATES NON-HEARSAY (THIRD DEPT). ​

The Third Department, reversing (modifying) the Court of Claims, determined that the assumption of the risk doctrine did not apply to claimant who had finished skiing for the day and was walking to his car in the parking lot when he sipped and fell on ice and snow. The court noted that inadmissible hearsay, here and incident report, may be considered on a summary judgment motion where it duplicates non-hearsay evidence:

… [I]t is undisputed that [claimant] fell at a time when he was finished skiing for the day, and he no longer had any ski equipment on or near his person. He was, instead, returning to his parked vehicle, intending to exit defendants’ property entirely. As a matter of law, [claimant] was not engaged in any facet of skiing at the time that he was injured, and the primary assumption of risk doctrine is therefore inapplicable … . * * *

To the extent that defendants argue that the incident report, as well as certain aspects of Weichsel’s testimony, is inadmissible hearsay and thus may not be relied upon by claimants, we first note that such evidence was proffered by defendants in support of their own motion. In any event, inadmissible hearsay may be considered at the summary judgment stage where it exists alongside admissible evidence in support of the same argument … . Weichsel v State of New York, 2024 NY Slip Op 05384, Third Dept 10-31-24

Practice Point: The assumption of the risk doctrine does not apply to a skier who, after skiing all day and returning the equipment, slips and falls in the parking lot.

Practice Point: Inadmissible hearsay, here an incident report, can be considered on a summary judgment motion it it duplicates non-hearsay.

 

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