YVONNE Y. v. CITY OF NEW YORK

Index No. 161066/14. Appeal No. 14638-14638A. Case Nos. 2020-04747, 2020-04809.

199 A.D.3d 551 (2021)

158 N.Y.S.3d 60

2021 NY Slip Op 06468

Yvonne Y. et al., Respondents, v. City of New York, Defendant, and New York City Department of Education et al., Appellants.

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

Decided November 18, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Georgia M. Pestana , Corporation Counsel, New York ( Mackenzie Fillow of counsel), for appellants.

Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf, New York ( Ben B. Rubinowitz of counsel), for respondents.

Concur—Webber, J.P., Kern, González, Mendez, Shulman, JJ.


Plaintiff, then 16 years old, suffered catastrophic physical injuries, with psychological and emotional sequelae, when he was set on fire during a chemistry demonstration at the New York City public high school he attended as a student. The physical injuries included, among other things, third-degree burns to 31% of plaintiff's body—mainly on his face, ears, neck, arms, and hands—as well as degloving injuries to his hands and a corneal abrasion to his right...

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