Legal Opinion

Mendez v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 8, 2016No. 16550 304213/10PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Fernando Tapia, J.), entered April 8, 2015, which denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, modified, on the law, to grant the motion as to the claim of excessive force, and otherwise affirmed, without costs.

According to plaintiff, Hector Mendez, on May 25, 2009, at approximately 10:40 p.m., he was walking down a public sidewalk in the Bronx on his way to meet a woman named Sandra at a Memorial Day barbecue. He inquired of a passerby walking toward him from the opposite direction, later identified as Jamal Joseph, whether he…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Broughton v. StateNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  2. People v. ManiniNew York Court of Appeals · 1992
  3. Martin v. City of AlbanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
  4. Parkin v. Cornell University, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1991
  5. Veras v. Truth Verification Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982

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3Cited by15 opinions

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  4. Murray v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  5. Rivera v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017

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