Monthly Archives: June 2023

July 2023 Legal News

Fourth Department Upholds Dismissal of Claim against Town due to Plaintiff’s Failure to Comply with General Municipal Law Requirements In Lee Fang v. Town of Amherst, Amherst Highway Dept. (CA 22-01408), the pro se plaintiff appealed the Supreme Court’s order granting the Town of Amherst’s cross-motion for summary judgment dismissing the amended complaint.  On appeal,…

June 2023 Legal News

eThe Court of Appeals Continued the Primary Assumption of Risk Doctrine in Companion Decisions About Sports The Court continued the doctrine because “athletic and recreative activities possess enormous social value, even while they involve significantly high-end risks,” and has “employed the notion that these risks may be voluntarily assumed to preserve these beneficial pursuits as…