Legal Opinion

Abdush-Shahid v. City of New York

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

Decided February 2, 2017No. 2987 105695/95 -6593Published

1Opinion of the Court

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Margaret A. Chan, J.), entered June 18, 2014, which, at the close of plaintiff’s case, granted defendants’ motion for a directed verdict dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The court properly granted defendants’ motion for a directed verdict. The record shows that during plaintiff’s direct case, he failed to present any evidence that it was reasonably foreseeable that he would be attacked by fellow inmates, or that defendants had inadequate security procedures in place (see Harris v City of New York, 28 AD3d 223 [1st Dept 2006],…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Harris v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006

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