Legal Opinion
Margulies v. Hough
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 9, 2014No. 13 Civ. 6009(KPF)PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*445 OPINION AND ORDER
KATHERINE POLK FAILLA, District Judge.
On August 3, 2000, Joshua Margulies and Dennis Hough engaged in what has fairly been described as a slow-moving game of chicken on a Manhattan street. Margulies drove forward in his car at a slow rate of speed toward Hough, a pedestrian, expecting him to get out of the way. Instead, Hough stood his ground. When traffic prevented Margulies from veering around Hough, Margulies hit Hough with his car. In 2003, Hough obtained a $4.8 million default judgment after filing a lawsuit accusing Margulies of negligence. Despite more than a decade…
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3Cited by17 opinions
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