Brown v. City of New York

The plaintiff and his brother, Virgil Brown, commenced this action against the defendant City of New York (hereinafter the City) in November 1992 to recover damages for personal injuries they sustained in May 1992 after diving off the Steeplechase Pier at Coney Island. The plaintiff was rendered a pentaplegic and his brother was rendered a quadriplegic.

*772After a trial on the issue of liability, the jury rendered a verdict on March 27, 1998, which found, among other things, that the City was negligent and that its negligence was a substantial factor in causing both the plaintiffs and his…