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SANGINETO v. MAMARONECK UNION FREE SCHOOL

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.
Apr 16, 2001
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DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.

The plaintiff sustained injuries, including a broken nose, when, in the course of playing touch football with a frisbee as part of a physical education class at Mamaroneck High School, another player collided with him.

Contrary to the plaintiff's contention, the alleged inadequate supervision by the defendant's employee was not a proximate cause of the plaintiff's injuries. Rather, the injuries were the result of a spontaneous and unforeseeable act committed by a fellow high school student when the two collided in an attempt to catch the frisbee (see, Organ v. Yorktown Cent.

School Dist., 269 A.D.2d 374; Buckvar v. Syosset Cent. School Dist., 148 A.D.2d 409).

BRACKEN, P.J., S. MILLER, McGINITY and SCHMIDT, JJ., concur.