United States Second Circuit

Plaintiff successfully appealed summary judgment against her claim of excessive force in the course of an arrest where plaintiff's account of what occurred during her arrest is a triable issue of fact that a jury should assess.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/12/2004
• Published 08/12/2004

Judges

• JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge., Before:  NEWMAN, KEARSE, and SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Richard J. Cardinale, Brooklyn, NY (Cardinale Hueston & Marinelli, Brooklyn, NY, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Sharyn Rootenberg, New York City. (Michael A. Cardozo, New York City Corporation Counsel, Larry A. Sonnenshein, John H. Graziadei, New York City, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees.