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Paralyzed Construction Worker Awarded $44 Million After Trial
A Manhattan federal court jury has awarded a New Jersey carpenter paralyzed in a subway construction accident $44 Million – including $5 Million to his wife. Dmitry Okraynets, now 39, was installing concrete slabs at South Ferry in August 2006 when his harness came loose, he fell 12 feet and a slab landed on… Read More »
Widow of NYPD officer killed in Park Ave. mass shooting sues skyscraper owner, alleges security failures
By John Annese | JANNESE@nydailynews.com | New York Daily News PUBLISHED: December 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM EST A Park Ave. building where a rampaging gunman killed four people, including an NYPD officer on a paid security detail, didn’t have a single security measure to prevent the rifle-toting attacker from getting inside, a lawsuit filed by the slain officer’s widow alleges…. Read More »
Hawks’ Thabo Sefolosha Files Suit Against New York Police Officers
The Hawks’ Thabo Sefolosha in a January game against the Nets. His leg was broken when officers knocked him to the ground and took him into custody last April. Credit John Amis/AP Atlanta Hawks forward Thabo Sefolosha filed a federal lawsuit Monday against five New York police officers who arrested him outside a Manhattan… Read More »
NY Jets Brett Favre Sexual Harassment Suit Settled
The Associated Press | 5/24/2013 | New York Daily News A lawsuit filed by two massage therapists who sued retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre over claims he sent racy text messages has been settled, a lawyer for the women said Friday. Lawyer David Jaroslawicz wouldn’t comment on the terms of the settlement, saying only… Read More »
Racist Remarks Toward Mariano
Shocking order to Mo’s eatery “Can’t use Mariano, he’ll attract ghetto people” Suit: Realty big’s racist gripes led to closure A lawsuit claims Siro’s restaurant (below), partly owned by Yankees great Mariano Rivera, closed early this year after business was “sabotaged” by the building’s managing agent, Susanne Lieu. A managing agent forbade an East… Read More »
NBA Star Tony Parker Sues Club for Injury to Eye During Brawl Between Chris Brown and Drake
Tony Parker, a point guard for the San Antonio Spurs, has filed a $20 Million lawsuit against the W.i.P. nightclub in New York and its operators, saying his left eye was damaged during a brawl at the club last week involving the R&B singer Chris Brown, the rapper Drake and their entourages. The suit,… Read More »
Model Sues Club For Injury to Eye During Brawl Between Chris Brown and Drake
Drake hit by hunk’s fight suit He’s still a pretty face, but a French hunk caught in the Drake-Chris Brown melee at a Manhattan nightclub will never be a hand model. In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, Romain Julien says he suffered a severed tendon in his right hand during the bottle-throwing brawl… Read More »
Jefferson Airplane Singer Details Hospital Nightmare in Shocking Lawsuit
The lead singer of Jefferson Airplane lost half his tongue and his thumb and suffered a paralyzed vocal cord when doctors at a Manhattan hospital botched his heart-surgery recovery, he charges in a lawsuit. Marty Balin, who co-founded the pioneering 1960s psychedelic rock band and wrote such songs as “Comin’ Back to Me” and… Read More »
Charlize Theron Sued for Violating Contract
Copy of a picture that features Charlize Theron wearing the watch that has caused the controversy. BY JOSE MARTINEZ | NEW YORK DAILY NEWS | Wednesday, February 7, 2007 A MAKER OF LUXURY Swiss watches clocked Charlize Theron with a lawsuit yesterday, alleging she violated a lucrative endorsement deal by wearing other designers’ timepieces…. Read More »
Airline Failed to Provide Care to Children
A woman claims that American Airlines failed to provide adequate care for her 14-year-old and 12-year-old sons after their flight was canceled. Despite purchasing the airline’s unaccompanied minor chaperone services, which include early boarding and escorts until an authorized adult picks them up, the children allegedly spent the night in a “lost children’s room”… Read More »