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QUESTION OF FACT WHETHER LEAVING AN ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD BOY UNSUPERVISED CONSTITUTED NEGLIGENCE; THE BOY, WHO WAS VISITING HIS 13-YEAR-OLD FRIEND’S HOME, WAS SEVERELY INJURED ATTEMPTING TO DO A FLIP OFF A PICNIC TABLE (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department determined whether defendant was negligent in leaving an eleven-year-old boy unsupervised for six hours is a question of fact. School had been cancelled because of snow and defendant went to work. The boy was severely injured when he attempted to do a flip off a picnic table in the backyard:

“The adequacy of supervision and proximate cause are generally issues of fact for the jury” …. It is undisputed that the child was left unattended without any adult supervision for approximately six hours. Although some may argue that it is not unreasonable to leave a child his age unsupervised to allow a parent to go to work, there is no bright line test with regard to age, and we are loathe to impose same. When viewed in a light most favorable to plaintiff, a question of fact exists as to whether Beadle exercised reasonable supervision of the 11-year-old child. As to proximate cause, we discern no reason under the facts here to deviate from the general rule that proximate cause is a jury question … . Justin M. v Beadle, 021 NY Slip Op 01108, Third Dept 2-18-21

 

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