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TOOKES v. PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY

Case No. 08-CV-1060 (FB) (RLM).

OLIVER T. TOOKES, Plaintiff, v. THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

August 11, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric Turkewitz The Turkewitz Law Firm, New York, NY, for the Plaintiff.

KARLA D. DENALLI The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, New York, NY, for the Defendant.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

FREDERIC BLOCK, Senior District Judge.

Oliver T. Tookes ("Tookes") suffered a fractured ankle after falling about 12 feet through a grate covering an access pit on the grounds of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's ("Port Authority") Bayonne Bridge Tollhouse. Tookes sued the Port Authority, and after a three-day trial a jury determined that the Port Authority's negligence was a substantial factor in...

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