Plaintiff Struck by Sled—Village Immune from Liability Under General Obligations Law

The Second Department determined the lawsuit against a village was properly dismissed.  Plaintiff was standing at the bottom of a hill when struck by someone who was sledding.  The hill had long been used for sledding:

The defendant (village) established as a matter of law that it was immune from liability pursuant to General Obligation Law § 9-103, which applies “to private as well as government landowners against claims for ordinary negligence brought by members of the public who come on their property to engage in certain enumerated activities where the land is suitable for those activities” …, including undeveloped areas of public parks (see Myers v State, 11 AD3d 1020, 1021). This statute also applies to a person who is injured when other individuals engaged in an enumerated recreational activity collide with the injured plaintiff … . In opposition, the plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue of fact … . Vannatta v Village of Otisville, 2015 NY Slip Op 02469, 2nd Dept 3-25-15