Here’s the recently-filed state court complaint filed by Kang Chun Wong, an 84 year-old man who was violently arrested by the NYPD for jaywalking in upper Manhattan earlier this year. Here’s the Gothamist article on the filing.
Read More $5 Million Lawsuit by (Alleged) Jaywalker Kang Chun WongIn Luckey v. City of New York, the Appellate Division, First Department held on August 7, 2014 that the trial court should not have dismissed the plaintiff’s negligence claims against the City of New York. “Plaintiff’s’ decedent was an inmate at Rikers Island who was treated for chronic asthma during the few weeks in which she was…
Read More Inmate Asthma Death Suit ContinuesIn O’Hara v. City of New York et al. (Summary Order dated June 18, 2014), the Second Circuit upheld a jury’s verdict that defendant police officer (McAvoy) used excessive force in arresting plaintiff (O’Hara) in violation of the Fourth Amendment (asserted through 42 USC 1983) and committed state-law battery. It held: [I]f we assume, as…
Read More Second Circuit Upholds Jury Verdict that Repeatedly Punching Unarmed, Non-Menacing Teenager is Excessive ForceIn Bethea v. City of New York (decided June 12, 2014), the Eastern District of New York held that plaintiff adequately pleaded sexual harassment and hostile work environment claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Plaintiff alleges that she was subjected to repeated sexual harassment by her co-worker, Sergeant Michelle Williams,…
Read More Police Officer Adequately Alleges Sexual Harassment, Hostile Work Environment, and Retaliation Claims