Legal Opinion
Rivera v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 26, 2002No. 00 Civ. 5279(DC), 01 Civ. 2838(DC)PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHIN, District Judge.
On April 28, 1999, at the 51st Street Lexington Avenue subway station, Julio Perez pushed plaintiff Edgar Rivera onto the subway tracks in front of an oncoming train. Rivera lost both legs. Perez was homeless and mentally ill; at the time he was receiving medical care or other assistance from three medical facilities and two homeless shelters.
In these cases, Rivera and his common-law wife, Elizabeth Pacheco, sue the health care providers and homeless shelters for Rivera’s personal injuries and other losses, contending that defendants were negligent in failing to…
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