N.Y. Rangers, Madison Square Garden, NHL Beat Fan’s Injury Suit

The NHL, the New York Rangers hockey club, and Madison Square Garden Co. shook off negligence claims by a fan injured at a Rangers game when he was struck by a puck deflected over the ice rink’s plexiglass barrier.

Robert Cantor’s claims fail because the league, the team, and the venue “satisfied the duty of care owed to plaintiff,” the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division, First Department said Thursday in a one-page slip opinion.

“We reject plaintiff’s attempt to turn defendants into insurers of the safety of spectators seated behind the plexiglass,” the court said.

The court upheld the ...