Williams v. City of New York

H. Miller, J.P.,

dissents and votes to modify the judgment appealed from by remitting the matter for a new trial on the issue of damages unless the plaintiffs stipulate to reduce the verdict, with the following memorandum, in which Crane, J., concurs.

On November 13, 1989, in the course of their duties, New York City Police detectives Keith Williams and Richard Guerzon were killed when a prisoner they were transporting shot them with a service revolver he had obtained from a detective’s locker while being detained in a locker room. The prisoner had been handcuffed by one hand to a pipe mounted…