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DUVERNEY v. STATE

76 A.D.2d 962 (1980)

Cecil Duverney, Appellant, v. State of New York et al., Respondents. (Claim No. 60332.)

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

June 12, 1980

Claimant obtained a judgment in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York against Vincent Prajka, a patrolman employed by the Long Island State Park and Recreation Commission, for the sum of $950,000 in compensatory damages and an additional $250,000 in punitive damages. That action, brought pursuant to section 1983 of title 42 of the United States Code, sought monetary relief for the deprivation of constitutional rights stemming from Prajka's...

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