Rodriguez v. City of New York

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Mary Ann BriganttiHughes, J.), entered September 27, 2005, which denied plaintiffs motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of liability, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, plaintiffs motion granted, and the matter remanded for a determination of damages.

On March 26, 1995, plaintiffs decedent Alex Rivera was sleeping in his detention cell at the NYC Adolescent Reception and Detention Center located in the Bronx when he was slashed with a razor on the back of his neck, on the side of his face, and on his arms by inmate Curtis Armstrong.…