Legal Opinion

Vargas v. City of New York

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

Decided April 10, 2013PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for personal injuries and for civil rights violations pursuant to 42 USC § 1983, the defendants appeal (1) from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Baily-Schiffman, J.), dated January 28, 2011, which, in effect, upon the denial of those branches of the motion of the defendant City of New York which were to dismiss so much of the complaint as alleged negligence and civil rights violations pursuant to 42 USC § 1983, and upon a jury *835verdict, is in favor of the plaintiff and against them in the principal sum of $17,619,725.73, (2), as…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Hafer v. MeloSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  3. Leon v. MartinezNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
  4. O'Brien v. City of SyracuseNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  5. Sokol v. LeaderAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Blake v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  2. Davis v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  3. Lingfei Sun v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  4. Lawhorn v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2020
  5. Thompson v. City of New YorkNew York Supreme Court · 2015

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