Legal Opinion

Katzowitz v. Long Island Railroad

District Court, E.D. New York

Decided August 3, 1999No. CV963996ADSPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER

SPATT, District Judge.

Harvey Katzowitz (“Katzowitz” or the “plaintiff’) initiated this lawsuit against the defendant, the Long Island Rail Road (“LIRR”r the “defendant”), after he allegedly fell while exiting a train at the station located in Inwood, New York (the “Inwood Station”), resulting in a fracture of a bone in his leg. Katzowitz, who states that he was “blinded” in an unrelated car accident several years ago, seeks $5 million in damages based on two claims: (1) a New York common law negligence claim; and (2) a violation of the Americans with…

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