NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Westside Market in New York City was sued for assault and battery damages after four of its employees allegedly jumped a man they believed to have stolen a sandwich.
The complaint was filed by plaintiffs Tommy Hairston and Diovies Jaililov on April 21 in the New York County Supreme Court. Hairston and Jaililov visited the grocery store s location at 170 W. 23rd. St. in New York on May 31, 2020, where Hairston ordered a sandwich from the delicatessen counter.
The plaintiffs say they paid for the sandwich by placing a $10 bill on the delicatessen counter to include the price of the sandwich and a tip, then left the store.
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A poster advertises an LGBTQ event at Yeshiva University, Dec. 15, 2020. (Courtesy of Y.U. student organizers via JTA)
NEW YORK (JTA) A group of students and alumni is suing Yeshiva University for discrimination, claiming that the university violated New York City’s human rights law when it refused to recognize an LGBTQ student club.
The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in New York County Supreme Court.
Over the last few years, the students repeatedly lobbied the university’s administration to formally recognize a Gay-Straight Alliance club. The university, a prominent Modern Orthodox institution, has grappled with how to reconcile a traditional interpretation of Jewish law, which does not allow homosexual relations, with its engagement with the secular world.
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NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – It should be a state judge who decides whether New York Attorney General Letitia James is overzealous in her prosecution of Amazon or if the company bungled its response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
That’s according to New York federal judge Jed Rakoff, who on April 9 issued a short order sending James’ lawsuit against Amazon back to New York Supreme Court, where it was first filed. Rakoff has yet to disclose his rationale.
“(T)he Court grants the State’s motion to remand and denies Amazon’s motion to transfer,” Rakoff wrote. “An opinion explaining the reasons for this ruling will follow in due course.”
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – Drama class became full contact, a new lawsuit in New York City alleges.
Rebecca Collins sued Stuyvesant High School, as well as the city and its Department of Education, on Feb. 24 in New York County Supreme Court. Collins was a part of a theatrical performance in the school’s auditorium in March 2018 that resulted in her injury, the suit says.
She was on one of the bridges/platforms that were constructed for the show when it collapsed, causing her to fall to the ground, the suit says.
“(T)he resulting injuries to (Collins) were caused solely by reason of the improper and negligent design, construction, inspection, repair, supervision and/or use of said bridge/platform,” the lawsuit says.
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Jetblue Airways Corporation and Primeflight Aviation Services Inc. are facing civil charges after a New York woman was allegedly denied a wheelchair at John F. Kennedy International Airport and as a result fell on her way to the gate, according to New York County court documents.
Jacqueline Deluna was traveling in February 2020, and contacted JFK before her flight to request a wheelchair. However, upon arriving at the airport, she asked for her wheelchair and was told there were none, says a complaint filed Feb. 17 in New York County Supreme Court.
As a result, Deluna fell and was severely injured attempting to make her way to her flight, the suit says. She is accusing the airport of negligence that caused her to walk a significant distance with luggage despite her medical condition, and failing to inform her beforehand that the disability equipment she requested would not be available.