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JOHNSON v. CITY OF NEW YORK

191 A.D.2d 216 (1993)

594 N.Y.S.2d 201

Raymond Johnson, Appellant, v. City of New York, Respondent

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

March 4, 1993

In this tort action brought by a prison inmate seeking to recover monetary damages for personal injuries sustained during a spontaneous fight with other inmates in a correctional facility, we find that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in directing a bifurcated trial where the plaintiff failed to make a convincing showing that the issues of liability and damages were intertwined (Szeztaye v LaVacca, 179 A.D.2d 555;

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