Rhino
04-14-2008, 11:12 AM
Judge suing city for $1M after fall on wet courthouse floor
BY ELIZABETH HAYS
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Monday, April 14th 2008, 4:00 AM
It's the mother of all slip-and-fall cases.
A politically connected Brooklyn judge plans to file a $1 million lawsuit against the city after slipping on a just-mopped floor in his own courthouse, the Daily News has learned.
Supreme Court Justice Jack Battaglia - who hears civil cases and earns $136,000 a year - is even targeting the courthouse cleaning lady who wielded the mop, according to legal papers.
The judge fractured his knee in the Nov. 9, 2007, tumble outside room 452 and was forced to undergo surgery and physical therapy.
In his Jan. 31 notice of claim, Battaglia accuses the city of "negligently using a mop bucket and wringer" and "negligently using a mop and soapy water" to create a "dangerous and hazardous traplike condition." ...http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2008/04/14/2008-04-14_judge_suing_city_for_1m_after_fall_on_we.html
BY ELIZABETH HAYS
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Monday, April 14th 2008, 4:00 AM
It's the mother of all slip-and-fall cases.
A politically connected Brooklyn judge plans to file a $1 million lawsuit against the city after slipping on a just-mopped floor in his own courthouse, the Daily News has learned.
Supreme Court Justice Jack Battaglia - who hears civil cases and earns $136,000 a year - is even targeting the courthouse cleaning lady who wielded the mop, according to legal papers.
The judge fractured his knee in the Nov. 9, 2007, tumble outside room 452 and was forced to undergo surgery and physical therapy.
In his Jan. 31 notice of claim, Battaglia accuses the city of "negligently using a mop bucket and wringer" and "negligently using a mop and soapy water" to create a "dangerous and hazardous traplike condition." ...http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2008/04/14/2008-04-14_judge_suing_city_for_1m_after_fall_on_we.html