Legal Opinion
Rodriguez v. Board of Education
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 22, 1984PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
— In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., defendant appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Bernstein, J.), entered May 25, 1983, which awarded plaintiff Juan Rodriguez the principal sum of $400,000 and awarded plaintiff Maria Maldonado the principal sum of $29,276.32, upon a jury verdict.
Judgment affirmed, with costs.
On September 16, 1977, Juan Rodriguez, then 12 years old, was enrolled in one of two special classes for trainable mentally retarded children1 at P.S. 261 in Brooklyn. Juan’s teacher, Beverly Holstein, took the class of approximately 16…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People v. CroninNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- Lawes v. Board of EducationNew York Court of Appeals · 1965
- Ehlinger v. Board of Education of New Hartford Central School DistrictAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
3Cited by14 opinions
- Farrukh v. Board of EducationAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- Burton v. New York City Housing AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
- Foster v. New Berlin Central School DistrictAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
- Norfleet v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
- Ferraro v. North Babylon Union Free School DistrictAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
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