PAZ v. CITY OF NEW YORK


185 A.D.2d 793 (1992)

Robert Paz, Appellant, et al., Plaintiff, v. City of New York et al., Defendants, and New York Public Library et al., Respondents

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

August 27, 1992


Plaintiff Robert Paz, a police officer, suffered extensive and grievous injuries, with severe, painful and lasting effects, as a result of a 6-story fall through a concealed shaftway from a roof where he had been conducting surveillance. After a month-long trial, with a 2,000-page record, 19 witnesses and over 100 exhibits, the jury deliberated little more than two hours, until 6:15 on a Friday afternoon, before announcing its verdict in the injured plaintiff's favor. (The...

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