January 16, 2014 – Pospis Law, PLLC

January 16, 2014 by mjpospis

Photojournalist’s False Arrest Lawsuit Against the City of New York

In a lawsuit filed on December 12, 2013 in the Southern District of New York, Zayas v. City of New York et al. (SDNY 13-cv-8808), plaintiff – photojournalist Angel Zayas – alleges that he was “forced out of the subway for trying to photograph police performing a stop-and-frisk and was then arrested for complaining about…

Pool Slip/Fall Case Dismissed; Water Was “Necessarily Incidental” to Use of Pool

In Dove v. Manhattan Plaza Health Club, the Appellate Division, First Department dismissed plaintiff’s complaint seeking recovery for injuries after slipping on water around a health club’s indoor pool. Defendants “showed that the presence of such water was ‘necessarily incidental’ to the use of the pool.” In response, plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue…