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Murray v. Long Island Rail Road Company

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Apr 21, 1971
28 N.Y.2d 849 (N.Y. 1971)

Summary

In Murray v. Long Island R.R., 28 N Y2d 849, 322 N.Y.S.2d 248, 271 N.E.2d 227 (1971), the Court of Appeals of New York affirmed the reduction of compensatory damages to $65,000 for assault and compensatory and punitive damages to $10,000 for false arrest.

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Opinion

Argued April 7, 1971

Decided April 21, 1971

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department, ABRAHAM J. MULTER, J.

Irving B. Singer for appellant.

George J. Wade, George M. Onken and W. Dennis Cross for respondents.


Order affirmed, without costs; no opinion.

Concur: Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, BREITEL, JASEN and GIBSON.


Summaries of

Murray v. Long Island Rail Road Company

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Apr 21, 1971
28 N.Y.2d 849 (N.Y. 1971)

In Murray v. Long Island R.R., 28 N Y2d 849, 322 N.Y.S.2d 248, 271 N.E.2d 227 (1971), the Court of Appeals of New York affirmed the reduction of compensatory damages to $65,000 for assault and compensatory and punitive damages to $10,000 for false arrest.

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In Murray, a police officer struck plaintiff with his fist and nightstick rendering plaintiff unconscious and plaintiff required hospitalization.

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Case details for

Murray v. Long Island Rail Road Company

Case Details

Full title:JAMES S. MURRAY, Appellant, v. LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD COMPANY et al.…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Apr 21, 1971

Citations

28 N.Y.2d 849 (N.Y. 1971)
322 N.Y.S.2d 248
271 N.E.2d 227

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