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PLAINTIFF STUDENT WAS INJURED WHEN SHE COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER STUDENT DURING A SUPERVISED GAME; THE GAME WAS DEEMED AGE-APPROPRIATE AND THE SUPERVISION WAS DEEMED ADEQUATE; THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARDED SUMMARY JUDGMENT (SECOND DEPT). ​

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the defendant school district was entitled to summary judgment in this negligent supervision case. Plaintiff student was injured when she collided with another student during a supervised game which required running to pick up an object and running back to the finish line. The game was deemed to be age-appropriate and the supervision was deemed adequate:

… [T]he defendant established its prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law dismissing the complaint by demonstrating that it provided adequate supervision and instruction during the infant plaintiff’s gym class … . The infant plaintiff and her classmates were instructed “that there was to be no . . . tackling involved” in the game … . Since the inadvertent collision occurred quickly and without warning, the defendant demonstrated that “more intense supervision would not have prevented the spontaneous and accidental collision of the two children” … . S.T. v Island Park Union Free Sch. Dist., 2024 NY Slip Op 01743, Second Dept 3-27-24

Practice Point: Where a game is age-appropriate, the supervision is adequate, and the student’s injury was inadvertent and occurred suddenly without warning, the school will not be liable under a negligent supervision theory.

 

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