DISLA v. CITY OF NEW YORK

12086, 22450/06.

117 A.D.3d 617 (2014)

986 N.Y.S.2d 463

2014 NY Slip Op 3769

CANDIDA DISLA, Appellant, v. CITY OF NEW YORK et al., Respondents.

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

Decided May 27, 2014.


Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Alexander W. Hunter, Jr., J.), entered April 15, 2013, upon a jury verdict in defendants' favor, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the matter remanded for a new trial.

During its initial charge, the trial court correctly instructed the jury on the law concerning both excessive force and battery in the performance of a public duty. With respect to the federal excessive force claim, the trial court charged the...

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